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What Was the Titanic?

Name: What Was the Titanic?
ISBN: 9780515157260

Paperback – Illustrated, March 6, 2018

Stephanie Sabol

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · March 6, 2018

Reading lane: Boats & Ships

For more than one hundred years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives.

Boats & Ships Exploration & Discovery Modern History for Kids history

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Shipwreck Questions

The Titanic’s sinking and later discovery make for a history shaped by loss and lasting mystery.

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The mystery of why an “unsinkable” ship sank
The story of the Titanic’s discovery decades later

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A look at a maritime disaster that claimed over 1,500 lives
History written with young readers in mind

Book Details

Authors: Stephanie Sabol
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: March 6, 2018
Format: Paperback
Theme: Boats & Ships · Modern History for Kids
Reading lane: Boats & Ships

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20th Century U.S.
Boats & Ships
Travel

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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. 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