{"product_id":"2940013328181","title":"The Three Sailors","description":"ON OCTOBER 10, 1832, a SHIP NAMED THE Takaramaru sailed from Atsuta to Edo (Tokyo) carrying one hundred tons of rice. It usually took two weeks to arrive in Edo, and when the wind conditions were very good, a ship could make the trip in only three days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fourteen sailors on the Takaramaru thought they would come home safely, as usual. But strong winds and storms changed their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Bligh, the Bounty’s captain, drifted on the Pacific for forty-seven days, and in Life of Pi by Yann Martel, a boy survived for 227 days. But the Takaramaru, broken into pieces by the storm, drifted on the huge Pacific for 425 days. There was lots of rice to eat but not enough vegetables. Because they lacked vitamin C, many sailors died from scurvy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifteen-year-old Oto, sixteen-year-old Kyu, and twenty-nine-year-old Iwa, a spiritually strong helmsman, survived. Seaweed, packed with vitamin C, and shellfish, which stuck to the ship, saved their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt last, their ship reached land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat kind of lives would be waiting for them?","brand":"Koehler Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079369834736,"sku":"2940013328181","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013328181_p0.jpg?v=1763591055","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013328181","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}