Against all odds : young readers' edition
Challen, Craig2022
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A young readers' edition of the incredible true story of the Tham Luang Thai cave rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team. Portrayed in the major motion picture Thirteen Lives directed by Ron Howard and starring Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen and Joel Edgerton, and in the National Geographic documentary, The Rescue. In June 2018, for seventeen days, the world watched and held its breath as the Wild Boars soccer team were trapped deep in a cave in Thailand. Marooned beyond flooded cave passages after unexpected rains, they were finally rescued, one-by-one, against almost impossible odds, by an international cave-diving team that included Australians Dr Richard 'Harry' Harris and Dr Craig Challen. Harry and Craig were chosen for their medical expertise and cave diving knowledge, but this dangerous rescue asked so much more of them. They had to remain calm under extreme pressure and intense scrutiny, adapt to constantly changing circumstances and, most importantly, build trust among the rescue team and with the young boys and their coach, whose lives were in their hands. An astonishing and moving story of courage, determination and compassion told by two Aussie heroes, who were made joint Australians of the Year for their key role in the rescue. This Young Readers' edition has been specially edited and condensed for a younger audience and includes new maps and diagrams explaining the rescue as well as photographs, a timeline and glossary, and a new introduction especially for young readers written by the two authors.
Main title:
Against all odds : young readers' edition / Craig Challen and Richard Harris with Ellis Henican ; edited by Nan McNab.
Author:
Edition:
Young readers' edition.
Imprint:
[Melbourne, Victoria] : Penguin Books, 2022.©2022
Collation:
xx, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, colour portraits ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"Twelve boys. One coach. Two Aussie heroes. Inside the Thai cave rescue." -- CoverFirst published: Viking, 2019.
Audience:
Interest age level: 10+ years old.
ISBN:
9780143778202 (pbk)9780143778202
Dewey class:
796.52509593796
Language:
English
Subject:
Challen, Craig -- Juvenile literatureHarris, Richard -- Juvenile literatureCave divers -- Juvenile literatureCaving -- Search and rescue operations -- Thailand -- Juvenile literatureSoccer players -- Thailand -- Juvenile literatureSoccer coaches -- Thailand -- Juvenile literatureCaving accidents -- Thailand -- Juvenile literatureRescue work -- Juvenile literatureSurvival -- Juvenile literature
BRN:
518602
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction Biography | J 796 CHA | Available |