What Was the Titanic?
Paperback – Illustrated, March 6, 2018
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · March 6, 2018
For more than one hundred years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives.
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- Who it’s for
- The Titanic’s sinking and later discovery make for a history shaped by loss and lasting mystery.
- Themes
- Titanic disaster, Shipwreck discovery
- Genres
- Boats & Ships, Natural Disasters, 20th Century U.S.
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For more than one hundred years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only 705 survived.
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More than one hundred years later, today's readers will be intrigued by the mystery that surrounds this ship that was originally labeled "unsinkable." Look for more Who HQ books: What Was the Great Chicago Fire? What Was Hurricane Katrina? What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? Disasters!: A Who HQ Collection
Shipwreck Questions
The Titanic’s sinking and later discovery make for a history shaped by loss and lasting mystery.
Come here for
- The mystery of why an “unsinkable” ship sank
- The story of the Titanic’s discovery decades later
Expect
- A look at a maritime disaster that claimed over 1,500 lives
- History written with young readers in mind
Where it sits
| 20th Century U.S. | 49% |
|---|---|
| Natural Disasters | 48% |
| Boats & Ships | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th Century U.S.
- Boats & Ships
- Travel
- Authors
- Stephanie Sabol
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- March 6, 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Titanic disaster · Shipwreck discovery
- Reading lane
- 20th Century U.S.