Battleship Rescue

The Adventures of Samuel Oliver

by Taylor Zajonc, Geraldine Rodriguez (Illustrator)

When several sailors are trapped in a sunken battleship, the Oliver family is called on to rescue them. But Samuel's father and uncle are too big to move in the sunken boat. So Samuel descends into the deep. Can Samuel find the sailors in the dangerous wreck and lead them to safety? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Spellbound is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

48 pages, Library Binding

Published December 15, 2018

About the author

Winner, 2018 Clive Cussler "Grandmaster" Adventure Writers Competition

Finalist, 2019 Oregon Book Awards / Ken Kesey Award for Fiction

As an award-winning novelist, maritime historian, Explorers Club member, and deep-sea shipwreck expert, Taylor Zajonc's real-life adventures nearly exceed those of his fictional counterparts. His fascination with exploration began when he joined a Russian expedition to the deepest archaeological site on the planet, descending nearly three miles into the abyss of the Bermuda Triangle aboard a Soviet-era submersible. Since then, Taylor has joined two RMS Titanic expeditions and contributed to some of the most important shipwreck finds of the past decade, including World War II treasure ships and U-boats, Admiral Balchen's HMS Victory, and the treasure steamship SS Connaught. His novels include THE WRECKING CREW (Blank Slate 2016), RED SUN ROGUE (Blank Slate 2017), and THE MAW (Skyhorse 2018).

Reviews

[Kim Dahl · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fast paced adventure story for young readers.