I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 (i Survived #13)
Scholastic Inc. · Paperback · February 23, 2016
New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a birds-eye view of one of America's most ghastly accidents ever be captured on film, the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937.
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- Who it’s for
- A brief, harrowing disaster meets the close-up suspense of one child’s fight to escape.
- Themes
- Historical disaster, Survival, Family separation
- Pacing
- Fast
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New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a birds-eye view of one of America's most ghastly accidents ever be captured on film, the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937. The greatest flying machine ever built is about to crash...For eleven-year-old Hugo Ballard, flying on the Hindenburg is a dream come true.
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Hugo, his parents, and his four-year-old sister, Gertie, are making the thrilling four-thousand-mile journey across the Atlantic in a zeppelin as big as the Titanic.But as the zeppelin gets ready to land, a blast rocks the Hindenburg and fire consumes the ship. The entire disaster lasts a mere thirty-two seconds, but in those few seconds, Hugo finds himself separated from his family and in a desperate race to escape the flames. The Hindenburg is doomed. And so, it seems, is Hugo. Will he survive this historic disaster?
History at Full Tilt
A brief, harrowing disaster meets the close-up suspense of one child’s fight to escape.
Come here for
- The Hindenburg disaster seen through a child’s perilous experience
- A real historical catastrophe with thriller-like urgency
Expect
- A fast-moving escape story set against a documented disaster
- High stakes compressed into the Hindenburg’s final seconds
Where it sits
| Disasters & Natural Hazards | 69% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century U.S. | 60% |
| Survival Stories | 58% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Survival Stories
- 20th-Century U.S.
- Friendship
- Authors
- Lauren Tarshis
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- February 23, 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Historical disaster · Survival · Family separation
- Reading lane
- Survival Stories
Book 13 in the i Survived series.