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Aronson, Marc. RISING WATER : THE STORY OF THE THAI CAVE RESCUE New York : Simon & Schuster , 2019. IL 5-8 ISBN 9781534452657 3 booktalks |
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Booktalk #1 “We found them!” was the crackled radio message heard by anxious rescuers on July 2, 2018. The Wild Boars boys’ soccer team and their coach had been discovered by divers deep within a flooded Thailand cave tunnel. Heavy monsoon rains had trapped the group for 8 days in a dark, cold cave as a daring international rescue team worked round the clock to find a way to locate and safely bring them all out alive, but not everyone would be so lucky. The breathtaking rescue captivated the world’s attention and required rescuers to think creatively, use technology, work against mother nature as well as find ways to not let their own egos and politics get in the way. Rising Water recounts the true story of how the rescue unfolded with a behind the scenes look at what worked and what went wrong. (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2020-2021) Booktalk #2 When a Thai youth soccer team went on a field trip to explore a local cave system they found themselves trapped with no hope of escape. Racing against time, an international team of divers made a story of survival out of what was nearly a tragedy. Non-Fiction. (Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2021) Booktalk #3 Imagine you are at soccer practice enjoying the day. Your team decides to go cool off and explore a local cave. And then the cave starts to flood. You can't get out. This is what happened to twelve boys in Thailand on June 23, 2018. And no one knew they were stuck in the cave with no way out. When the parents found their bikes and realized that they were in the flooding cave, efforts started to get the boys out. Over the next 18 days, the plight of the boys was followed by millions around the world. Rescue teams came from several countries to try to help. Follow along and learn the incredible story of what happened during those 18 days and how the boys were eventually saved. |
| SUBJECTS: Thailand -- Chiang Rai (Province) Rescue work -- Chiang Rai (Thailand). Caving -- Chiang Rai (Thailand). |
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