Copyright © 2015 by Michael P. Spradlin

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Spradlin, Michael P., author.

Into the killing seas / by Michael P. Spradlin.

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Summary: In 1945 twelve-year-old Patrick and his younger brother Teddy stowaway on the U.S.S. Indianapolis in a desperate attempt to get back to the Philippines where they last saw their parents, just before the Japanese invasion—but when the ship is sunk they find themselves clinging to a piece of debris without food or water, and with hungry sharks circling below.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-545-72602-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Indianapolis (Cruiser)—History—Juvenile fiction. 2. World War, 1939-1945—Pacific Area—History—Juvenile fiction. 3. Survival at sea—Juvenile fiction. 4. Brothers—Juvenile fiction. 5. War stories. [1. Indianapolis (Cruiser)—Fiction. 2. World War, 1939-1945—Pacific Area—Fiction. 3. Survival—Fiction. 4. Brothers—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S7645In 2015

813.54—dc23

2014026366

First printing, July 2015

Cover art © 2015 by Richard Jones

Cover design by Steve Ponzo

e-ISBN 978-0-545-72603-0

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