Basher Five-Two

Basher Five-Two
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 161
Release: 1998-07-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0440413133

U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory.

Basher Five-Two

Basher Five-Two
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2010-09-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0307764966

U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory. This is a thrilling look at an American hero--a hero not because the captain survived, but because of the skill, faith, and courage he displayed and the duty he fulfilled as a member of the armed forces.

Good to Go

Good to Go
Author: Mary Pat Kelly
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2015-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612518176

Just five hours after radio contact was first made with Basher 52—O’Grady’s call sign—the Air Force captain was safely on board the USS Kearsarge. The downed F-16 fighter pilot’s rescue from a Bosnian mountainside by Col. Martin Berndt’s 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit electrified the nation in June 1995 and renewed many Americans’ faith in the military. To get the inside account, Mary Pat Kelly traveled to U.S. ships and bases and UN posts in Croatia and Bosnia where participants were stationed to conduct more than one hundred interviews. Adm. Leighton W. Smith Jr., commander in chief of U.S. naval forces in Europe and head of NATO forces in the Southern European theater, provides a day-to-day commentary on the efforts to find Captain O’Grady. This edition contains an interview with Brig. Gen. Selmo Cikotíc, former Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who discusses the dangerous conditions on the ground during the rescue and the impact the success of the mission had on NATO expansion in the area.

Basher Five-Two : (Accelerated Reader)

Basher Five-Two : (Accelerated Reader)
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher:
Total Pages: 133
Release: 1997
Genre: Bosnia and Herzegovina
ISBN:

WHILE FLYING HIS F-16 ON A MISSION TO KEEP THE PEACE IN BOSNIA, U.S. AIR FORCE PILOT SCOTT O'GRADY WAS SHOT DOWN. THE PLANE EXPLODED, AND CAPTAIN O'GRADY PARACHUTED FIVE MILES TO THE GROUND. IN EXCITING DETAIL, CAPTAIN O'GRADY TELLS HOW HE EVADED CAPTURE AND HOW, WITH LITTLE WATER AND NO FOOD, HE SURVIVED ON HIS OWN IN ENEMY TERRITORY. THIS IS A THRILLING LOOK AT AN AMERICAN HERO A HERO NOT BECAUSE HE LIVED TO TELL THE TALE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SKILL, FAITH, AND COURAGE HE DISPLAYED WHILE FULFILLING HIS DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Return with Honor

Return with Honor
Author: Scott O'Grady
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1996-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0061011479

O'Grady tells how he managed to survive after being shot down over Bosnia, evading the Bosnian Serbs for six days, and how he was rescued by U.S. Marines.

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
Author: C. Coco De Young
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2008-12-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307487423

Eleven-year-old Margo Bandini has never been afraid of anything. Her life in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with Mama and Papa and her little brother, Charlie, has always felt secure. But it's 1933, and the Great Depression is changing things for families all across America. One day the impossible happens: Papa cannot make the payments for their house, and the Sheriff Sale sign goes up on their door. They have two weeks to pay the bank, or leave their home forever. Now Margo is afraid--but she's also determined to find a way to help Papa save their home.

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Author: Marguerite Henry
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1953
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689714858

About a little burro who was found running wild along Bright Angel Creek. Grades 5-8.

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Author: Donn Fendler
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2013-12-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0062225162

Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages. Twelve-year-old Donn Fendler steps away from his Boy Scout troop for only a minute, but in the foggy mountains of Maine, a minute is all it takes. After hours of trying to find his way back, a nervous and tired Donn falls down an embankment, making it impossible for him to be found. One sleepless night goes by, followed by a second . . . and before Donn knows it, almost two weeks have passed, leaving him starving, scared, and delirious. With rainstorms, black bears, and his fear of being lost forever, Donn's journey is a physically, mentally, and emotionally charged story told from the point of view of the boy who lived it. Don't miss this thrilling survival story, a proven high-interest winner that pulls in readers the way Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain, and the I Survived books do.