Minesweeper

＂All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch.＂ -- Kirkus Reviews for the World War II series

Discover the secret missions behind America’s greatest conflicts.Fergus Frew thought he knew what to expect when he signed up with the Navy’s demolitions team. But as the Korean War rages on, Fergus and his fellow divers -- a.k.a. ＂frogmen＂ -- are tasked with more than just scouting mudflats. Soon they’re planting mines. And sabotaging tunnels, bridges... and even fishing nets. Scariest of all, it falls to Fergus to discover where the enemy has placed their mines, a job as painstaking as it is dangerous.But frogmen are amphibious. And Fergus may not realize it, but he’s in a position to change the way the whole world thinks about combat.National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch continues his explosive fiction series based on the real-life, top-secret history of US black ops and today’s heroic Navy SEALs.

Chris Lynch is the author of numerous acclaimed books for middle-grade and teen readers, including the Vietnam and World War II series and the National Book Award finalist Inexcusable. He teaches in the Lesley University creative writing MFA program, and divides his time between Massachusetts and Scotland.