by Stephanie Sabol (Author), Who Hq (Author), Gregory Copeland (Illustrator)
For more than 100 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 100 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 CollectionAuthor Biography
Stephanie Sabol is a native of the Jersey Shore and a graduate of Boston College. She currently resides in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.3 x 7.6 x 5.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: March 06, 2018
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: What Was the Titanic?
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 1
