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What Was the Titanic?

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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."
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Series: What Was? Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: March 6, 2018

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780515157277
  • File size: 104334 KB
  • Release date: March 6, 2018

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780515157277
  • File size: 104324 KB
  • Release date: March 6, 2018

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.6
Lexile® Measure:820
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

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

Expand title description text