ISBN |
9780143778202 (paperback) |
Name |
Challen, Craig author. |
Title |
Against all odds : young readers' edition / Craig Challen and Richard Harris with Ellis Henican ; edited by Nan McNab. |
Edition |
Young readers' edition. |
Published |
[Melbourne, Victoria] : Penguin Books, 2022. |
©2022 |
Description |
xx, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, colour portraits ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
"Twelve boys. One coach. Two Aussie heroes. Inside the Thai cave rescue." -- Cover |
First published: Viking, 2019. |
Contents |
Foreword by James Cameron -- Introduction: Harry and Craig -- "They're all going to die" -- Part 1: Hoping -- Who's Harry? -- Making Craig -- Teaming up -- Caving chaos -- Lost boys -- Part 2: Going -- Home front -- Special K -- Flying high -- Dear Mum -- Question everything -- Part 3: Diving -- First dip -- Wild Boars -- General assembly -- Hard choices -- Med school -- Part 4: Saving -- Final prep -- First boy -- Chamber -- Night moves -- Day's end -- Getting good -- Old boy -- Last out -- Part 5: Living -- Call home -- High fives -- "Healthy happy, smiley -- Timeline. |
Summary |
A young readers' edition of the incredible true story of the Tham Luang Thai cave rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team. Portrayed in the major motion picture Thirteen Lives directed by Ron Howard and starring Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen and Joel Edgerton, and in the National Geographic documentary, The Rescue. In June 2018, for seventeen days, the world watched and held its breath as the Wild Boars soccer team were trapped deep in a cave in Thailand. Marooned beyond flooded cave passages after unexpected rains, they were finally rescued, one-by-one, against almost impossible odds, by an international cave-diving team that included Australians Dr Richard 'Harry' Harris and Dr Craig Challen. Harry and Craig were chosen for their medical expertise and cave diving knowledge, but this dangerous rescue asked so much more of them. They had to remain calm under extreme pressure and intense scrutiny, adapt to constantly changing circumstances and, most importantly, build trust among the rescue team and with the young boys and their coach, whose lives were in their hands. An astonishing and moving story of courage, determination and compassion told by two Aussie heroes, who were made joint Australians of the Year for their key role in the rescue. This Young Readers' edition has been specially edited and condensed for a younger audience and includes new maps and diagrams explaining the rescue as well as photographs, a timeline and glossary, and a new introduction especially for young readers written by the two authors. |
Target audience note |
10+ years old. |
Subjects |
Challen, Craig -- Juvenile literature |
Harris, Richard -- Juvenile literature |
Cave divers -- Juvenile literature |
Caving -- Search and rescue operations -- Thailand -- Juvenile literature |
Soccer players -- Thailand -- Juvenile literature |
Soccer coaches -- Thailand -- Juvenile literature |
Caving accidents -- Thailand -- Juvenile literature |
Rescue work -- Juvenile literature |
Survival -- Juvenile literature |
Other Names |
Harris, Richard author. |
Henican, Ellis author. |
McNab, Nan editor. |
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