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40 pp.
| McElderry |
June, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-689-85161-8$$16.95
(4)
K-3
Demarest follows Hotshots! and two other action-oriented books about heroic firefighters with this similarly dramatic account of a Coast Guard rescue at sea. Although the brief text frequently strains to fit the rhyming format ("From the raft a sailor drops into the sea / and is guided into the basket safely"), the dynamic pastel art captures the urgency of the featured event.