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All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team

By Christina Soontornvat
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Candlewick Imprint Candlewick ISBN

9781536209457

Awards and Honors 2021 Newbery Medal Honor Book
2021 Sibert Honor Book
2021 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
2021 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honoree
2021 Kirkus Prize Winner in Young Readers' Literature

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team

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A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that blends suspense, science, and cultural insight.

On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon’s adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. As the world sits vigil, people begin to wonder: how long can a group of ordinary kids survive in complete darkness, with no food or clean water?



Luckily, the Wild Boars are a very extraordinary "ordinary" group. Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth science and details of the region’s culture and religion, author Christina Soontornvat—who was visiting family in Northern Thailand when the Wild Boars went missing—masterfully shows how both the complex engineering operation above ground and the mental struggles of the thirteen young people below proved critical in the life-or-death mission.

Author's note. Source notes. Bibliography. Index. Full-color maps, photographs, and illustrations.
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