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From the February 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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From the February 2024 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
Rain idolizes her 18-year-old brother, Xander (or as she likes to call him, X). Both intelligent and athletic, X has a scholarship to attend an elite high school where he plays on the football team and is one of the only Black kids at his school. Rain, who is 13, calls X her “little dad”
Rescue training, diver rescue training is not as complicated as what these young boys is going to have to learn. it's amazing to me how calm they're staying. they found these boys sitting on a rock. they had been under there for days a. days. and the good supplies, the oxygen levels, the rain rising, all of these things going against them and they're keeping a good attitude. they have to learn to breathe self contained breathing apparatus, sceu sue scuba. and they have to dive, crawl, walk through an escape route that's going to take eight hours. the thai s.e.a.l.s, they're exceptioexceptional...