A Storm Too Soon Young Readers Editi..., Michael J. Tougias
A Storm Too Soon Young Readers Editi..., Michael J. Tougias
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A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition)
A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80-Foot Seas

Author: Michael J. Tougias

Narrator: Alex Boyles

Unabridged: 5 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/11/2022

Synopsis

When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a disastrous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved this ruthless storm in the hopes of saving them. A spellbinding tale of courage and survival from the author of The Finest Hours.

About Michael J. Tougias

Michael J. Tougias is the author of many true rescue stories, including Overboard!, Fatal Forecast, and Ten Hours Until Dawn, which ALA named an Editors’s Choice and Booklist praised as “the best story of peril at sea since The Perfect Storm.” He is also the coauthor of The Finest Hours, which is a major motion picture from Disney. A frequent lecturer on his work, Tougias lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. MichaelTougias.com.

About Alex Boyles

Alex Boyles has been acting pretty much his entire life. He got his BA in theater–acting/directing performance from CSU Long Beach and his MFA in acting performance from Ohio State University. He started narrating audiobooks in 2019 and hasn’t looked back!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin on January 25, 2024

I read this to my 9-year old and it was a great bedtime book. Part 1 is pretty slow (for a kid) and includes important details about technical things that set up for the rescue scenes but luckily my kids will listen to anything so long as I’m reading it to them in their beds. Haha. Part 3 gets really......more

Goodreads review by Beth on January 18, 2018

I'm actually a little sad I read this one, because apparently it's the kid version and I bet the adult one has even more details. It's an exciting story of a small ship getting buried by the sea and the amazing rescue by the Coast Guard, while quietly in the background another ship is lost completel......more

Goodreads review by Luke on September 17, 2019

In my opinion this was a decent book. It was just decent because every other sentence it was going into a full on explanation of random facts about the ocean. This made me definitely stay away from everything that this author wrote but it made me like to read about the sea.......more

Quotes

“The dramatic narrative is engaging and won’t disappoint students who enjoy adventure or rescue stories”

School Library Journal

“This true story…reads like a thriller, with one thing after another going wrong and each challenge seemingly impossible to overcome. The courage displayed by the team may inspire readers to learn more about their exciting (if life-threatening) careers.”

Booklist

“Tougias’s third-person narrative—condensed and more tightly focused than the adult version—brings to life the struggles and heroism of the sailors and rescuers alike…A sure-fire hit with young readers who are always ready for a good disaster tale.”

Kirkus Reviews

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