Adrift and Alone: True Stories of Survival at Sea

by Nel Yomtov, Patrick Kinsella (Illustrator)

Overview

Drifting alone on the ocean for days on end. The hot sun is beating down, and water is all you can see in any direction. In these horrible conditions, there are some who have found the will to survive. These true stories detail the amazing events of people who have braved the elements on the open sea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781491465721
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	True Stories of Survival
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	9 - 14 Years

About the Author

Nel Yomtov is an award-winning author of children's nonfiction books and graphic novels. He specializes in writing about history, current events, biography, architecture, and military history. He has written numerous graphic novels for Capstone, including the recent School Strike for Climate, Journeying to New Worlds: A Max Axiom Super Scientist Adventure, and Cher Ami: Heroic Carrier Pigeon of World War I. In 2020 he self-published Baseball 100, an illustrated book featuring the 100 greatest players in baseball history. Nel lives in the New York City area.

Table of Contents

Alone at sea — Poon Lim, sole survivor — The Robertsons, attacked by killer whales — Steven Callahan, adrift at sea for 76 days — Bob Kidd, deadly disaster in the Gulf of Alaska — Richard Phillips, captured by Somali pirates — Hiromitsu Shinkawa, victim of a deadly tsunami — Jose Salvador Alvarenga, fact for fiction?

Interviews

Exciting TRUE stories of survival told in graphic novel format, which helps develop visual literacy. Four to six direct quotations in each book help kids learn about the use of quoting from primary sources. Popular topics include shark attacks, military survival, being lost at sea, and earthquakes. Comparable to Graphic Library Stories of War.