Edition |
1st ed. |
Descript |
289 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Audience |
1040L Lexile |
Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 7.4 7 7 149381 |
Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-260) and index. |
Contents |
Diagram of the ship -- Setting sail -- A floating palace -- A peaceful Sunday -- "Iceberg right ahead' -- Impact! -- In the radio room: "It's a CQD OM." -- A light in the distance -- Women and children first -- The last boats -- In the water -- "She's gone" -- A long, cold night -- Rescue at dawn -- Aftermath: the end of all hope -- Discovering the Titanic -- Glossary -- People in this book -- Other famous Titanic figures -- Survivor letters from the Carpathia -- Titanic timeline -- Be a Titanic researcher: find out more -- Titanic facts and figures -- From the British wreck commissioner's final report -- Titanic: the lifeboat launching sequence reexamined -- Titanic statistics: who lived and who died. |
Summary |
Tells the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivorsto the disaster. |
Subject |
Titanic (Steamship) -- Juvenile literature.
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Titanic (Steamship)
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Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Juvenile literature.
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Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.
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ISBN |
9780545116749 (hbk.) |
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9780545436779 (pbk.) |
Stndrd # |
9780545116749 |
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