Let Us Be Brave : An Alaska Story of Special Olympians Uniting to Survive

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910157763003321
• Autore: Thompson Linda
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-59433-446-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Soggetti: Special Olympics; Airplane crash survival; Aircraft accidents
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Characters -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Flight to the Games -- Chapter 2: Irene -- Chapter 3: Now What? -- Chapter 4: Waiting -- Chapter 5: Setting Up Camp -- Chapter 6: Panic in Anchorage -- Chapter 7: Cruise Terminal -- Chapter 8: The Storm -- Chapter 9: Mark -- Chapter 10: Cruise Ship -- Chapter 11: Day Three -- Chapter 12: Acapella III -- Chapter 13: Irene Gets Lost -- Chapter 14: Day Four -- Chapter 15: Nicholi -- Chapter 16: Mark Helps-Day 4 -- Chapter 17: Search for Irene -- Chapter 18: News Report -- Chapter 19: Finding More Food -- Chapter 20: Danger -- Chapter 21: News Report -- Chapter 22: Moving Day -- Chapter 23: Irene's Day -- Chapter 24: Up the Hill -- Chapter 25: Steam Bath Time -- Chapter 26: Darkness -- Chapter 27: News Update -- Chapter 28: Ash-Living with It -- Chapter 29: News Report-Day 10 -- Chapter 30: More Food -- Chapter 31: Almost to Homer -- Chapter 32: Brown Bear I -- Chapter 33: Irene in Homer -- Chapter 34: Clean Again -- Chapter 35: Plane -- Chapter 36: Mark's Ideas -- Chapter 37: News Update -- Chapter 38: Next Low Tide -- Chapter 39: Depression -- Chapter 40: The Signal -- Chapter 41: SOS -- Chapter 42: Sinclaire Air -- Chapter 43: Across -- Chapter 44 -- Chapter 45: Radio -- Chapter 46: News Break -- Chapter 47: Media Blitz -- Chapter 48: Two Weeks After -- Chapter 49: Return.
• Sommario/riassunto: A dramatic bush plane crash in coastal Alaska leaves the pilot injured.The passengers, a team of Special Olympic Athletes, must fend for themselves to survive.An Alaska storm first threatens to overwhelm them during the night as they care for their unconscious pilot.