Lifeboat 5 is an excellent addition to the middle grades novel in verse. I will be eager to recommend this along with Lifeboat 12 to many of my readers-both avid and reluctant!

This book was very different than I expected but it was written very well. This book is all about two young girls waiting to be saved after their life boat tips as they are fleeing from WWII. The young girls must try their best to survive everything as they spend hours in the ocean waiting to be saved. What I didn't expect was a book with this serious of subject to be written in verse. This was perfect for the reader because it took would could be a very dark topic and gave it a little light. What I loved the most was that this story was based on true events so it made it that much more tragic. This was a very fast read but I loved every minute of it. While I think it might have made a little bit more sense it I had read the first one to give it more backstory I don't think that it was necessary because it was very well explained and straight forward. Cute read however I found parts of it to be a little jumpy and I wasn't a huge fan of the back and forth in perspectives it made for some parts to be amazing and others almost like it was a completely different story. I'm glad I got to check this out and can't wait to read the first one.