Teachers, looking for something different for the end of the school year? Immerse your classes in the incredible true account of the Thai boys’ soccer team that was trapped in a flooded cave six years ago with Christina Soontornvat’s All Thirteen. Their dramatic and risky (understatement) rescue is truly a miracle of people working together under tremendous pressure. Students can study geography, weather, diplomacy, faith, and much more in this all-encompassing story. There may not be time to order and read the book, but taken in parts, students can make presentations on the scientific aspects while the teacher fills in the dramatic events. Alternatively, students could research this and other weather/geography/natural disaster related incidents involving rescues of people in dire circumstances. A bonus to All Thirteen is that it was made into a movie called Thirteen Lives starring Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell.
