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Watkins, Steve, 1954-

Sink or swim / Steve Watkins. - New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2017. - 247 pages ; 22 cm

In January 1942, twelve-year-old Colton is on his family's fishing boat in the Atlantic with his older brother Danny when the boat is capsized by a Nazi U-boat, and Danny is severely injured; realizing how close the enemy is, Colton takes his brother's enlistment papers and joins the Navy, determined to do his part to defeat Germany--if only he can keep his age a secret and survive life at sea.

ISBN: 9781338057904 (hbk.) 9781338229646

LCCN: 2017003934

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Navy --Juvenile fiction.
United States. Navy --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean--Juvenile fiction.
Adventure stories.
War stories.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--1933-1945--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--1933-1945--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
War fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.W3213 / Si 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6 Fic