Tougias, Michael J. A
Storm Too Soon Henry Holt and Company,
2016. $17.99 Content: Language: PG (3 swears); Mature
Content: G; Violence: PG.
Three men set
out to cross the Atlantic from Florida to France, but get caught in a
catastrophic storm. Around 250 miles
from the coast, their sailboat is overtaken by the waves and they are left to
battle the sea in a tiny life raft, hoping that their signal was received by
the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard sends
out a helicopter crew with a rescue swimmer to try and save the men.
This book is intense and I couldn’t put it
down. I had to know what happened to the
men and to the rescue crew. Although
there isn’t a lot of backstory on any of the men, making them hard to relate
to, the actual survival story is remarkable and well described. The books goes back and forth between the
rescuers and the rescued. Great
nonfiction read with an appealing cover.
MS, HS – ESSENTIAL. Reviewer, C.
Peterson.
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