True Rescue Series – serie

This illustrated chapter book adaptation tells the story of a harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four young men in a tiny life boat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than thirty stranded sailors. It's a fast-paced, uplifting story that puts young readers in the middle of the action. A riveting survival story for fans of the bestselling I Survived chapter book series.

This illustrated chapter book adaptation also tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved the savage storm in the hopes of saving the stranded sailors. It's another spellbinding tale of courage and survival from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours. A fast-paced rescue story for fans of the bestselling I Survived chapter book series.

In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. When the Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls, they immediately dispatched a patrol rescue boat. But within an hour, the Coast Guard rescue boat was in as much trouble as the tanker - both paralysed in unrelenting seas. Enter Captain Frank Quirk who was compelled to act. Gathering his crew of four, Quirk plunged his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, into the blizzard.Perfect for fans of the I Survived series, this children's adaptation of an adult nonfiction book chronicles the harrowing journey between Captain Quirk and the Coast Guard as they struggled in the holds of a radical storm. It's an epic tale of heroism and bravery at sea.