{"product_id":"radar-and-the-raft-a-true-story-about-a-scientific-marvel-the-lives-it-saved-and-the-world-it-changed-9781623543457","title":"Radar and the Raft: A True Story about a Scientific Marvel, the Lives It Saved, and the World It Changed","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis science-history nonfiction adventure mash-up will be on every middle grade reader's radar.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho knew that an improbable rescue during WWII would be facilitated by scientific discoveries in the 18th century? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpert researcher and educator Jeff Lantos makes the history-science connection between batteries and radar and one oceanic adventure in this engaging middle-grade escapade told in two intertwining storylines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders are first invited to follow scientific discoveries in the 1700s that eventually lead to the creation of radar, and are then immersed in a world where World War II rages. German U-boats sink ships, and the ship just hit has an American mom and her two young kids aboard. Now Ethel, Robert, and Mary Bell are on a raft with fourteen other people, floating in the ocean and hoping for rescue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLantos expertly weaves radar's story of discovery with the Bell family's harrowing journey, bringing readers on an exciting fast-paced adventure through history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlesbridge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623543457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192","brand":"Jeff Lantos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507435892917,"sku":"9781623543457","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_26bcd2d1-3fff-4a22-a1ec-ba7002d154ae.jpg?v=1722312395","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/radar-and-the-raft-a-true-story-about-a-scientific-marvel-the-lives-it-saved-and-the-world-it-changed-9781623543457","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}