| Titanic: April 1912 Contributor(s): Duey, Kathleen (Author), Bale, Karen A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442490519 ISBN-13: 9781442490512 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation - Boats, Ships, & Underwater Craft |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2014381807 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Series: Survivors (Aladdin) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.30 lbs) 192 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 18797 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Will two kids escape the Titanic, the world's most famous sinking ship? Find out in this gripping historical fiction, part of the Survivor series. Gavin Reilly is working in the Titanic's galley to earn his passage from Ireland to America. He knows when he finally joins his brother in New York they'll live their big dreams together. Karolina Green is devastated after the loss of her parents. She's returning home to the United States from England with her Aunt Rose, and desperately dreams of fixing her shattered life in New York. But on a calm, clear night in April, those dreams turn into a nightmare. Rich and poor, famous and unknown, the hundreds of people aboard the Titanic find themselves at the mercy of the cold sea and the sinking ship. Few will live to remember the disaster the world still can't forget...will Gavin and Karolina be among the survivors? |
Contributor Bio(s): Bale, Karen A.: - Karen A. Bale grew up in southern California and graduated from the University California Riverside. She has written seventeen historical romances, including the successful seven-book Sweet Medicine's Prophecy series. She has done freelance work for several years, including helping to write two nonfiction books. Karen still resides in southern California, ten miles from the Pacific Ocean.Duey, Kathleen: - Kathleen Duey's works include the middle grade American Diaries and Survivors series, as well as the well-reviewed chapter book series The Unicorn's Secret and its companion series, The Faeries' Promise. She is also the National Book Award-nominated author of Skin Hunger. She lives in Fallbrook, California. |