Cusolito, Michelle.
FLYING DEEP : CLIMB INSIDE DEEP-SEA SUBMERSIBLE ALVIN
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2018
IL K-3
ISBN 9781632896568

When you think of exploration, do you think of climbing a mountain, exploring a tropical rain forest or flying to the moon? Imagine you are the pilot of Alvin, investigating the deepest parts of the sea in a submersible barely big enough for three. Down, down, down, down, two miles down. Dark, dark, dark and cold. All you can see is what is in your headlights. Collect specimens and drop them into the sample basket. Will you find a new species? Watch out for danger! Eat your lunch, but don’t drink too much. There’s no bathroom aboard. Battery exhausted. Time to resurface. Stand. Stretch. Examine your discoveries. Would you like to pilot Alvin and perhaps make a world-altering discovery? (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2019-2020)