Rising Water, Marc Aronson
Rising Water, Marc Aronson
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Rising Water
The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

Author: Marc Aronson

Narrator: Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 2 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2019


Synopsis

The incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue—as seen in Ron Howard's Thirteen Lives.

On June 23, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand when disaster struck. A rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels, trapping them as they took shelter on a shelf of the dark cave. Eight days of searching yielded no signs of life, but on July 2 they were discovered by two British divers. The boys and their coach were eventually rescued in an international operation that took three days. What could have been a terrible tragedy became an amazing story of survival.

Award-winning author Marc Aronson brings us the backstory behind how this astounding rescue took place. Rising Water highlights the creative thinking and technology that made a successful mission possible by examining the physical, environmental, and psychological factors surrounding the rescue. From the brave Thai Navy SEAL who lost his life while placing oxygen tanks along the passageways of the cave, to the British divers that ultimately swam the boys to safety, to the bravery of the boys and their coach, this is the breathtaking rescue that captivated the entire world.

About Marc Aronson

Marc Aronson is the acclaimed author of Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert, which earned four starred reviews. He is also the author of Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue and Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado, winner of the ALA’s first Robert F. Sibert Award for nonfiction and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. He has won the LMP award for editing and has a PhD in American history from New York University. Marc is a member of the full-time faculty in the graduate program of the Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife, Marina Budhos, and sons. You can visit him online at MarcAronson.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy

Unrealized potential. Story is riveting, but the set up takes a while, and the tone stays rigidly journalistic until the end when there are some obvious political statements made. I wish we'd been plunged into the action from the first moment.......more

Goodreads review by Julie

While the book felt rushed, it was an interesting topic. I would've preferred more narrative and dramatization, and I'm quite sure a 1 hour tv expose on the incident would've sufficed. You see, I had barely heard about this story and legitimately didn't know how it ended. All 13 kids could have peri......more

I liked this, but I wish it'd been less about spirituality/religion and had more details about the actual events.......more

Goodreads review by Raina

One of the first books to come out describing the 2018 Thai Cave Rescue, written by a middle school author I've been watching for years. I'm always looking for books that tell true, exciting stories, in a way that is accessible to a middle school audience. So when I saw this existed, it was a no-brai......more