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This book is the anchor title in The Read Side by Side Reading Program for the Volume 3 Middle School Teacher's Guide; a novel study for the rescuer archetype.

Blurb: It's June 23, 2018—a hot, cloudy day in northern Thailand. Twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach head into a local cave to explore. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path. The boys are trapped.

Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. Above-ground, a team of military personnel, engineers, medics, cave divers, and other volunteers races to find the trapped boys. Almost half a mile below, a similarly heroic effort is taking place as the Wild Boars focus on conserving their energy and oxygen and—most importantly—keeping their hopes up. Both the boys and their rescuers will soon prove to the world that even in the face of impossible odds, the human spirit is an irrepressible force.

Christina Soontornvat says, "It is the heroism of regular people that made this rescue possible. Many stories focus on the brave divers who pulled the boys out of the cave, but I also want to tell you about the thousands of Thai people who were pivotal to saving the boys' lives. The Wild Boars are both extraordinary and totally ordinary at the same time. They defied impossible odds and taught me that we are capable of so much more than we can even imagine."

Lexile Level: 1020

Page Count: 219