In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
by Stanton, Doug
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AR Book Level
8.3
AR Points
14
Word Count
74,043
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
84910 EN
About this book
Only 316 of the 1,196 men onboard the USS "Indianapolis" survived a torpedo attack in 1945. Interweaving the stories of three survivors, the Captain, the ship's doctor, and a young marine, this is an account of a little-known chapter in World War II.
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