Praise for Abandon Ship! A Junior Library Guild Selection "This epic story races along, unspooling like a movie before our eyes--artfully, dramatically, revealing a little known part of WWII history. An intriguing book." --Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way "The authors do an excellent job of conveying the chaos and loss of this grisly historical incident without pushing young readers too deeply into the horror. Archival photos add immediacy to this sensational true-life story." --Wall Street Journal "An amazing account of a World War II event that is almost entirely unknown. This story chronicles the courage, compassion, and perseverance of the few survivors of the incident, showcasing war at its worst and humanity at its best. School librarians will want to add this to their collection." --Booklist "Through viscerally told accountings, including stories of passengers spending several days awaiting rescue aboard lifeboats, the authors deliver a fascinating tale of human perseverance and morality that explores the 'most unusual actions in all of World War II,' as stated by the creators in an introduction.

" --Publishers Weekly "In contrast to the usual run of shipwreck tales built around the simple theme of "heroic survival against the odds," this account depicts the 1942 torpedoing of the British liner Laconia as a realistically messy mix of confusion, desperation, altruism, cruelty, and extreme hardship." --Booklist "The unbiased narrative follows the personal stories of the real men, women, and children moved to German ships or abandoned in lifeboats on the open ocean. Ideal for WWII history fans and readers who have graduated from Lauren Tarshis's I Survived series."-- School Library Journal.