5/19, for another account of the same events.)įrom the September/October 2020 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. Liberally illustrated throughout with full-color illustrations and maps an author’s note, source notes, a bibliography, and an index are appended. Buy a discounted Hardcover of All Thirteen. The rescue effort brought out the best in humanity, and inspiring messages of teamwork, cooperation, sacrifice (the death of a Thai diver is covered in a chapter called “A Tragic Loss”), loyalty, faith, and hope abound in these pages. Booktopia has All Thirteen, The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat. Using interviews and other primary sources, she keeps a tight focus on the unfolding story, with its inherent edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-your-throat drama, adroitly juggling a parade of characters, clearly laying out the technical and engineering challenges, and judiciously parsing out expository information in the occasional sidebar. In lucid prose written in third-person-present tense for a heightened sense of immediacy, Soontornvat gives readers a journalistic account of the difficulty and complexity of the rescue effort. The rescue - all thirteen survived - would be nothing short of miraculous. ALL THIRTEEN begins as boys of the Wild Boars soccer team finish practice and decide to bike up to the Tham Luamg Cave system for an afternoon of exploring. As Thailand marshaled international resources, the world watched the drama unfold. After venturing several miles in, they found themselves trapped by floods caused by unseasonably early monsoon rains. On June 23, 2018, in Mae Sai, Thailand, twelve members of a youth soccer team and their coach decided to explore a nearby cave after practice. 5/20) here presents a compelling work of nonfiction. gĪn author of picture books, easy readers, and middle-grade novels, Soontornvat ( A Wish in the Dark, rev. Intermediate, Middle School Candlewick 288 pp. All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team

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