Dive! : World War II stories of sailors & submarines in the Pacific / by Deborah Hopkinson.

Author/creator Hopkinson, Deborah author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Scholastic Press, 2016.
Copyright Date©2016
Description367 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Subjects

Portion of title World War II stories of sailors & submarines in the Pacific
Contents pt. 1: Dark Days. 1941 -- The Spotlight Is On: Seawolf -- Wave After Wave: Sunday, December 7, 1941 -- Execute Unrestricted Submarine Warfare -- The Philippines: Monday, December 8, 1941 -- Meet the Seawolf -- Seawolf's Narrow Escape -- The Overwhelming Forces of the Unknown -- Fearless Freddie's Daring Foray -- Christmas Retreat -- pt. 2: Brave Men and Terrible Torpedoes. 1942 -- The Spotlight Is On: Seawolf, Canopus, Spearfish, and Trigger (Plus We Meet Wahoo) -- The Bravest Stand -- Unlikely Heroines: Lucy Wilson and Canopus -- Angels on Board -- Sink 'Em All -- Ned Beach: Reluctant Submariner -- Trigger Turns It Around -- Surrounded! -- A Long, Hard Year for Seawolf -- Wahoo: An Umpromising Start -- pt. 3. Here Comes the Wahoo. 1943- The Spotlight Is On: Wahoo -- Mush the Magnificient -- Off the Map: The Unknown Waters of Wewak -- The Approach -- Down the Throat -- A Mighty Roar -- Wahoo on the Attack -- "Good Hunting" -- pt. 4: The Fightingest. 1944-1945- The Spotlight Is On: Tang -- Dick O'Kane's Ice-Cream Machine -- Stowaways -- Tang Makes Her Mark -- The Sea Was All Ours -- The Last, Terrible Torpedo -- Wolf Pack: Avenging the Wahoo -- Peace Be Now Restored: 1945 -- After Section. On Eternal Patrol -- Facts and Figures -- Rosters -- Diagram of a Submarine -- Top Submarines.
Abstract The story of America's little known war-within-a war -- that of the "silent service"--U.S. submarine warfare during World War II.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Reading grade level Grades 7-8.
Interest age level Ages 8-14.
Audience 1090 Lexile
Study program note Accelerated Reader AR
LCCN 2015040229
ISBN9780545425582
ISBN0545425581
ISBN9781338133004
ISBN1338133004

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