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All thirteen : the incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team / Christina Soontornvat.
Van Pelt Library GV200.66.T52 C457 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soontornvat, Christina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caving--Search and rescue operations--Thailand--Chiang Rai (Province)--Juvenile literature.
- Caving.
- Caving accidents--Thailand--Chiang Rai (Province)--Juvenile literature.
- Caving accidents.
- Rescues--Thailand--Juvenile literature.
- Rescues.
- Soccer players--Thailand--Juvenile literature.
- Soccer players.
- Caving--Search and rescue operations.
- Rescues--Thailand.
- Soccer players--Thailand.
- Thailand.
- Thailand--Chiang Rai (Province).
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Informational works.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 280 pages, : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- All 13 : the incredible cave rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team
- Place of Publication:
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. As the world sits vigil, people begin to wonder: how long can a group of ordinary kids survive in complete darkness, with no food or clean water? Luckily, the Wild Boars are a very extraordinary "ordinary" group. Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth science and details of the region's culture and religion, author Christina Soontornvat -- who was visiting family in Northern Thailand when the Wild Boars went missing -- masterfully shows how both the complex engineering operation above ground and the mental struggles of the thirteen young people below proved critical in the life-or-death mission. Meticulously researched and generously illustrated with photographs, this page-turner includes an author's note describing her experience meeting the team, detailed source notes, and a bibliography to fully immerse readers in the most ambitious cave rescue in history. - Publisher.
- "On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth science and details of the region's culture and religion, [the author]...masterfully shows how both the complex engineering operation above ground and the mental struggles of the thirteen young people below proved critical in the life-or-death mission."-- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. A Typical Saturday
- The Boys of the Wild Boars
- This Is Mae Sai
- 2. A Sky Full Of Water
- 3. The Cave Of The Sleeping Lady
- Tham Luang Cave System with Cross Sections
- 4. First On The Scene
- 5. Trapped
- A Cave Is Born
- A Karst Cave System
- 6. The Cave Man
- 7. The Dangers Of Cave Diving
- Rules to Dive By
- 8. Empty Bellies, Clear Minds
- Meditation
- 9. At War With The Water
- 10. The Problem Solvers
- The Spirits Around Us
- 11. The Sump Divers
- 12. Coach Ek
- Thailand's Stateless People
- Buddhism in Thailand
- 13. The Water Expert
- 14. The Rescue Stalls
- Stay Cool
- 15. The Beautiful Game
- Stages of Hypothermia
- 16. Going Back In
- 17. Creating A Diversion
- 18. One Last Try
- Rebreathe, Reuse, Recycle
- 19. "Brilliant"
- 20. Now What?
- 21. The Get-It-Done Crew
- 22. Panic
- 23. A Tragic Loss
- 24. Risking It All
- 25. A Very Important Meeting
- Tham Luang Dive-Rescue Plan
- 26. Stage One: Rehearsals
- Practice Makes Perfect
- 27. Stage Two: "Today Is D-Day"
- Fall Asleep, Wake Up in Bed
- 28. Alone In The Dark
- 29. Mission Possible
- How the Rescuers Got the Boys Out
- 30. The Sleeping Lady Has The Final Say
- 31. It Should Not Have Worked.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272) and index.
- Newbery Honor, 2021
- Orbis Pictus Award, Honor, 2021.
- ISBN:
- 9781536209457
- 1536209457
- OCLC:
- 1198918024
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