Overview
A thirty-foot yacht, adrift well out to sea, sends, ""MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Please respond to our plea!"" Hearing this call for help, the United States Coast Guard leaps into action. A team of four highly trained rescue specialists head out in an H-60 Jayhawk helicopter. Battling fierce conditions, the Coast Guard team finally locates the disabled boat, rescues the crew, treats injured passengers, and carries them back to safety. Complemented by dramatic, striking illustrations, Chris L. Demarest's text brings into vivid focus one of the many important jobs performed by the U.S. Coast Guard. A detailed author's note provides additional information about the search-and-rescue process, making this a terrific book for any school or home library.
Full Product Details
Author: Chris L Demarest ,
Chris L Demarest
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Dimensions:
Width: 23.80cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 31.50cm
Weight: 0.531kg
ISBN: 9780689851612
ISBN 10: 0689851618
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 01 June 2004
Recommended Age: From 4 to 10 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Commander Jack Santucci Operations Officer, Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod Chris Demarest provides a real, firsthand description of the Coast Guard's search-and-rescue missions at Air Station Cape Cod. His book really illustrates the extreme flying challenges our pilots are faced with on a daily basis.
Commander Jack SantucciOperations Officer, Coast Guard Air Station Cape CodChris Demarest provides a real, firsthand description of the Coast Guard's search-and-rescue missions at Air Station Cape Cod. His book really illustrates the extreme flying challenges our pilots are faced with on a daily basis.
Author Information
Chris L. Demarest says: ""A few years ago my wife and I brought our two-year-old son to an open house at a fire station. Ethan loved the big red fire trucks and I became totally enthralled not only by the trucks, but by the idea of serving my community as a firefighter. ""Being a full-time illustrator, I work at home, so I could be on call at any time. I took a lot of classes, passed some hard tests, and became a volunteer firefighter. I am on call for the Meriden, New Hampshire, station, where I now get to drive those big red fire trucks. ""I created Firefighters A to Z to show Ethan and other children what firefighting is really like. It can be an exciting job, but it's also a dangerous one. I hope to convey that through this book.""
