voices from the disaster Hopkinson, Deborah. creator Scholastic Press publisher. text bibliography Young adult nonfiction. Literature. 1040L. Dust jackets (Bindings)-2012. nyu New York Scholastic Press ©2012 2012 1st ed. monographic eng

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289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm 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. 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. 1040 Lexile. juvenile by Deborah Hopkinson. "Book design by Phil Falco"--Title page verso Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-260) and index. Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 7.0 149381. Reading Counts RC 6-8 8.3 10 Quiz: 56098. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book, 2013. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2013 ln----- Titanic (Steamship) Juvenile literature Titanic (Steamship) Shipwrecks North Atlantic Ocean Juvenile literature Icebergs Juvenile literature Shipwreck survival Juvenile literature Disasters Juvenile literature Shipwrecks North Atlantic Ocean Naufrages Atlantique Nord Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Survie après naufrages Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Icebergs Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Catastrophes Ouvrages pour la jeunesse 9780545116756 0545116759 0545116740 9780545436779 9780545116749 054543677X 2011006695 Scholastic, Po Box 7502, Jefferson City, MO, USA, 65102 110304 20240315145545.0 706465822