Titanic : voices from the disaster
Record details
- ISBN: 054543677X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780545436779 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0545116740 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780545116749 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0545116759 (pbk. ; Scholastic Press)
- ISBN: 9780545116756 (pbk. ; Scholastic Press)
- ISBN: 0545116740
- ISBN: 9780545116749
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Physical Description:
289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, ©2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Book design by Phil Falco"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-260) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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, 1912 -- Titanic: the lifeboat launching sequence reexamined -- Titanic statistics: who lived and who died. |
Summary, etc.: | On April 15, 1912, the magnificent ocean liner the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank beneath the icy North Atlantic seas. Hopkinson weaves together archival photographs and the voices of real Titanic survivors and witnesses to the disaster to bring the horrors of that terrible night to life. There's nine-year-old Frankie Goldsmith; Violet Jessop, a young stewardess; Archibald Gracie, a well-to-do gentleman; Charlotte Collyer, a young mother on her way to start a new life; and others. |
Target Audience Note: | 1040 Lexile. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 7.0 149381. Reading Counts RC 6-8 8.3 10 Quiz: 56098. |
Awards Note: | Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book, 2013. |
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Available copies
- 39 of 41 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | J910.916 HOP (Text) | 34035125442232 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Titanic: Voices from the Disaster (Scholastic Focus)
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Titanic: Voices from the Disaster (Scholastic Focus)
Critically acclaimed nonfiction author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the story of the TITANIC and that fateful April night, drawing on the voices of survivors and archival photographs.Scheduled to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of the TITANIC, a topic that continues to haunt and thrill readers to this day, this book by 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, and quotes from primary sources, 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.