Titanic: Voices from the Disaster (Scholastic Focus) Contributor(s): Hopkinson, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0545116759 ISBN-13: 9780545116756 Publisher: Scholastic Focus OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - General |
Dewey: 910.916 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 149381 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the harrowing, tragic story of the TITANIC in this Sibert Honor volume. Now in paperback In this award-winning book, critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson weaves together the voices and stories of real TITANIC survivors and witnesses to the disaster -- from the stewardess Violet Jessop to Captain Arthur Rostron of the CARPATHIA, who came to the rescue of the sinking ship. Packed with heartstopping action, devastating drama, fascinating historical details, loads of archival photographs on almost every page, quotes from primary sources, and painstaking back matter, this gripping story, which follows the TITANIC and its passengers from the ship's celebrated launch at Belfast to her cataclysmic icy end, is sure to thrill and move readers. |