Lost in the Pacific, 1942 by Tod Olson
My name is Judah. My favorite sports are Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, soccer and baseball.
Lost in the Pacific is a true story written by Tod Olson. The story takes place during World War II near Canton Island in the Pacific Ocean. The main characters are Whittaker, Bill, Rickenbacker, Kaczmarczyk and John. It begins with them taking off from Pearl Harbor and heading to Canton Island airstrip where they were to be deployed to bomb the Japanese. They were scheduled to arrive on Canton Island at 9:30 Am, but when 9:30 Am rolled around there was no sight of the island. Without fuel or contact they were doomed to go down in the Pacific Ocean with no one knowing where they were in the biggest ocean on earth. They were dropping altitude fast and then crash landed in the ocean. With only two small rafts and four people it was a tight squeeze. Surviving more than two weeks with hardly any fresh water to drink and almost no food to eat demonstrated that the crew had what it took to make surviving the impossible possible.
This book shows the crews teamwork, effort, endurance, craftiness, and most of all their survival skills. They were able to craft a spear a fishing pole and even catch a bird! I liked this book because there is lots of action and most of all, that it is a true story.
