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. More than one hundred years later, today's readers will be intrigued by the mystery that surrounds this ship that was originally labeled "unsinkable."
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Product details
Publisher : Penguin Workshop; Illustrated edition (March 6, 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 112 pages
ISBN-10 : 0515157260
ISBN-13 : 978-0515157260
Reading age : 7 - 10 years, from customers
Lexile measure : 820L
Grade level : 3 - 7
Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.38 x 0.28 x 7.63 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #6,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#3 in Children's American History of 1900s
#6 in Children's Boats & Ships Books (Books)
#8 in Children's Travel Books (Books)
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