What Was the Titanic?

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."

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Author: Stephanie Sabol, Who Hq
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 03/06/2018
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780515157260
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 194622 / What Was the Titanic?

About the Author
Stephanie Sabol is a native of the Jersey Shore and a graduate of Boston College. She currently resides in Hoboken, New Jersey.