Author

Publication

2002 - Delacorte Press, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

50,250 words, Guess

Page Count

201 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveleftfordeadyoung00nels
  • ISBN-100385729596
  • ISBN-100385900333
  • ISBN-139780385729598
  • ISBN-139780385900331
and 3 more

First Sentence

The sailor finds himself swimming in the open ocean, wondering in shock how it came to this so suddenly.

Description

Recalls the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at the end of World War II, the navy cover-up and unfair court martial of the ship's captain, and how a young boy helped the survivors set the record straight fifty-five years later.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryNonfictionTrials, litigationJuvenile literatureJuvenile NonfictionWorld War, 1939-1945Reading Level-Grade 7

People

Hunter Scott (1985-)Charles Butler McVay (d. 1968)

Genres

  • Juvenile literature

Other Editions

  • Left for dead: a young man's search for justice for the USS IndianapolisDelacorte Press2002-01-01

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