

Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team
By:
Illustrator: Dow Phumiruk
One afternoon after soccer practice, young Titan, eleven friends from the Wild Boar
team, and their twenty-five-year-old coach rode their bikes to explore a local cave as
a team-building adventure. Together, they crawled through the narrow tunnels in the
dark toward the center of the cave. When they turned to go home, they discovered heavy rains had flooded the tunnel. They were trapped! With rising waters and monsoon season upon them, time and oxygen were running out. The world watched with bated breath as rescuers from around the globe teamed up to try and free the boys. After eighteen harrowing days, they were finally saved.
This picture book marries Susan Hood’s lyrical text with Pathana Sornhiran’s first-hand
account reporting of the event and is brought to life by Dow Phumiruk’s beautiful
illustrations. It will also include an introduction, a timeline, and extensive back matter
with additional resources.
Endpaper map. Quote attributions. More about the cave rescue and the Wild Boars soccer team, with photographs. Time line. Interview with British divers Chris Jewell and Jason Mallinson. Sources. Online resources. Full-color digital illustrations were created with pencil, charcoal, and ink sketches and Photoshop.
ISBN: 9780062907721
JLG Release: Sep 2019
Awards & Honors
NSTA Best STEM Books - 2020
CPL Best Books - 2019
Praise & Reviews
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Book Details
ISBN
9780062907721
First Release
September 2019
Genre
Nonfic
Dewey Classification
796.52/5
Trim Size
10" x 10"
Page Count
48
Accelerated Reader
N/AScholastic Reading Counts
N/ALexile
Level 830L
Format
Print Book
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Harper
Potentially Sensitive Areas
None
Topics
Tham Luang Cave Rescue (2018), Caving, Search and rescue operations, Caving accidents, Cave diving, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, Soccer players, Soccer coaches, Survival, Rescue workers,