The Titanic disaster
Title:
The Titanic disaster
Author:
Benoit, Peter, 1955-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Children's Press, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Summary:
Describes the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, a luxury liner claimed to be "unsinkable" that was destroyed after colliding with an iceberg, killing over one thousand passengers onboard.
Language:
English
Contents:
Luxury liner : what kind of luxuries did Titanic passengers enjoy? -- The voyage : how did the ship's crew keep watch for icebergs? -- The collision : how did passengers react when the ship hit the iceberg? -- The big truth : R.M.S. Titanic, crown jewel of the White Star Line : what did the White Star Line do to grab attention? -- Women and children first : why did most of the lifeboats leave when they still had room for more people? -- The mystery ship : what ship is believed to have ignored the Titanic's alert flares? -- The rescue : what ship rescued the survivors of the Titanic? -- Finding the Titanic : what explorer led the expedition that discovered the Titanic wreck?
Reading Level:
890 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.9 0.5 143306.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.7 3 Quiz: 53341.
Corporate Subject:
ISBN:
9780531206270
9780531290262
9780531289969
Format :
Book
