Danger Zone: Ocean Tomb

Winds suddenly reached the amazing speeds of 50 to 55 knots in the Southern Ocean. Fifty-seven-year-old Tony Bullimore was competing in the Vendee Globe single-handed round-the-world yacht race in his yacht, Global Exide Challenger.

The waves in the ocean started to build. Soon they were huge. Tony’s boat rocked, then suddenly – CRACK – the boat overturned. Freezing water flooded in, filling the cabin. How would he survive the cold? Would anyone hear his distress signal? Get struggling readers flying high with this punchy true-life story of real people fighting to survive in the danger zone. Written in accessible language by prize-winning author Anthony Masters, and illustrated with line drawings, it combines a reading age of 7-9 with an interest level of 9-14.