Library book: Into the Blizzard (Part of a series) by Michael J. Tougias

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Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 11/4/2025
Pages: 272
Genre: Nonfiction/History
Review: library book
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In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. When the Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls, they immediately dispatched a patrol rescue boat. But within an hour, the Coast Guard rescue boat was in as much trouble as the tanker—both paralyzed in unrelenting seas. Enter Captain Frank Quirk who was compelled to act. Gathering his crew of four, Quirk plunged his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, into the blizzard.

Perfect for fans of the I Survived series ready for a longer form account, this middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book chronicles the harrowing journey between Captain Quirk and the Coast Guard as they struggled in the holds of a radical storm. It's an epic tale of heroism and bravery at sea.


I have the version that is meant for high schoolers to read, and I have seen that book on my shelves. I have been wanting to read it, but I just haven't had the chance. 
When I saw this title and that it was a youth version, I wanted to try it out and see if it would be a good companion to the other book. 
 I was highly impressed at how much in-depth we went into and made you feel for the people who were in the path of his horrible storm. When describing the storm, it is something that I have never imagined. I feel that the ones who perished are true heroes because it takes a lot for someone to go out in the weather that is unforgivable. 
Overall, a good but heartbreaking account of what happened during that awful storm. 
  





Adventure is the theme that runs through most of my books, from outdoors titles (The Connecticut River from Source to Sea, Exploring the Hidden Charles) to fiction (Until I Have No Country) to nonfiction sea rescues (Overboard! A Storm Too Soon, Rescue of the Bounty).
One of my current adventures is waiting to see if Disney will begin filming a movie-length version of the Coast Guard rescue book The Finest Hours. Another adventure for me is publishing a funny family memoir with my daughter, called The Cringe Chronicles (Mortifying Misadventures with my Dad).
My friends have been asking if I'll write a sequel to There's a Porcupine in my Outhouse (2003 Outdoor Book of the Year) but I think they just want me to revise their characters so they don't look so dumb!

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