Book Review - Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

📖Recommend for Grades 6 and up📖

Rising Water:

The Story of theThai Cave Rescue

by Marc Aronson

            In 2018 twelve Thai soccer players and their assistant coach Ekapol decided to go explore some caves after a game. Around midnight, their families were worried when they still weren’t home. Luckily some teammates knew where the boys went but unfortunately the cave was flooded with the boys and Ekapol somewhere inside. Thai rescue workers, with help from rescue workers from other countries, banded together to find and rescue the team to bring home safely.

            This is the true and fascinating account of what happened during the Thai cave rescue. The author breaks down the days of when the boys were missing, found but still trapped, and being rescued. For those who followed the story on the news probably know much of what the author shares. Those who didn’t will be surprised at what was done and how they all managed to survive and be rescued.

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Book Review - Disaster Strikes!: The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time

📖Recommend for Grades 6 and up📖

Disaster Strikes!: 

The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time

by Jeffrey Kluger

            In 1959 a group of seven Naval Test Pilots got a new job; Astronauts. This marked the start of space exploration for The United States, with the first man going up in 1961, and continuing today. While there have been many accomplishments (the US put the first man on the moon), there have also been missteps and even tragic accidents. From the Liberty Bell 7 sinking in 1961 to an Astronaut almost drowning in space in 2013, these are twelve disaster stories of space travel and exploration.

            Warning: You may want to have tissues prepared for some of these stories. The author wonderfully breaks down each of the stories into chapters so readers can stop and process, or reflect on what they just read. Some may be familiar with certain stories (Apollo 13 in 1970) while others are likely to be brand new. You can even read this with an adult and ask them which of these stories they remember. There is an index included in the back of the book to easily check when names pop up again in later chapters to check where you read it before.

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