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Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · October 8, 2024
Lifeboat 5
By Susan Hood
Two girls fight for survival after their ship is torpedoed during WWII.
259 pages
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Children's book Author
Susan Hood
Biography
Susan Hood has written more than 200 picture books. She has received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and her book Spike, The Mixed-Up Monster won the 2013 International Latino Award and was selected for the Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended List. The Tooth Mouse was named a 2013 Best Book of the Year by Bank Street and the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. Prior to becoming an author, Susan was a children’s magazine editor at Scholastic and Instructor Magazine, a book editor at Sesame Workshop, and the Children’s Content Director of Nick Jr. Magazine. Ada’s Violin is her latest nonfiction picture book and Lifeboat 12 is her first novel in verse.
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29
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Picture books
15
Chapter books
8
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Publication timeline from 1999 to 2024.
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Book type breakdown: 15 picture books, 8 chapter books.
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Lifeboat 5
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Two girls fight for survival after their ship is torpedoed during WWII.
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Harboring Hope
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A young woman risks everything to smuggle Jewish families to safety during WWII.
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Two sisters use music to survive the Holocaust, hiding in plain sight.
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We Are One
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Discover how parts unite to form a greater whole in this engaging counting journey.
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A soccer team trapped in a flooded cave faces a race against time for survival.
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A torpedo attack leaves a boy stranded on a lifeboat. Can he survive?
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Discover young women who defied norms and changed history through poetry and art.
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Double Take!
Picture Book · Ages 3–7 · 2017
Explore the playful world of opposites and discover how perspective changes everything.
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The Fix-It Man
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A stinky problem challenges a young fix-it genius and his sister.
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Pup and Hound's Big Book of Stories
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Two dogs embark on farm adventures, learning and growing together.
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A missing teddy and a lost puppy spark a frantic search.
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A puppy vanishes into the Furry Arms. Can it be found?
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A scary salamander learns fear isn't the key to friendship.
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Just Say Boo!
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Dinosaurs roar, skeletons groan—what do you say? Boo!
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Pup and Hound Play Copycats
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Can Hound teach Pup new tricks beyond mimicry?
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Pup and Hound in Trouble
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Can Hound keep Pup out of mischief?
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A caterpillar's day unfolds with vibrant, bouncing adventures.
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A mischievous kitten stirs up fun and chaos in two delightful tales for new readers.
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Look! I Can Read!
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A child learns to read and develops a love for books.
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Scaredy-Cat Sleepover
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A sleepover spirals into fear when little sisters are left out.
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My Tooth Is Loose!
Picture Book · Ages 5–7 · 1999
A boy eagerly awaits his first lost tooth to fit in.
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Show and Tell
Chapter Book · Ages 6–6 · 1999
A girl faces show-and-tell without an item.
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