Trapped :

Aronson, Marc.

Trapped : how the world rescued 33 miners from 2,000 feet below the Chilean desert / Marc Aronson. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2011. - 134 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-127) and index.

Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012 School Library Journal starred, August 2011 Booklist starred, September 2011 Horn Book Starred, September 2011 Library Media Connection starred, November 2011 Pub Weekly, June 2011 Horn Book, April 2012 Kirkus Review, July 2011

Provides a detailed account of rescue efforts to save thirty-three miners, who got trapped in a copper-gold mine in San Jose, Chile, examining the psychological, physical, and environmental factors influencing the course of the rescue, and describing the efforts of experts from around the world--drillers, astronauts, submarine specialists, and others--came together in response to the crisis.

7.2. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.



1416913971

2011000777


San Jos�e Mine Accident, Chile, 2010.
Mine accidents.
Mine rescue work.
Copper mines and mining--Accidents.
Gold mines and mining--Accidents.--Copiap�o Region (Chile)

TN311 / .A76 2011

363.11/9622/343/0983/145