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Titanic: Voices from the Disaster (Scholastic Focus) - by Deborah Hopkinson (Paperback)

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster (Scholastic Focus) - by  Deborah Hopkinson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>On April 15, 1912, the magnificent ocean liner the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank beneath the icy North Atlantic seas. Hopkinson weaves together archival photographs and the voices of real Titanic survivors and witnesses to the disaster to bring the horrors of that terrible night to life. There's nine-year-old Frankie Goldsmith; Violet Jessop, a young stewardess; Archibald Gracie, a well-to-do gentleman; Charlotte Collyer, a young mother on her way to start a new life; and others.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the harrowing, tragic story of the TITANIC in this Sibert Honor volume. Now in paperback!<p></p>In this award-winning book, critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson weaves together the voices and stories of real TITANIC survivors and witnesses to the disaster -- from the stewardess Violet Jessop to Captain Arthur Rostron of the CARPATHIA, who came to the rescue of the sinking ship. Packed with heartstopping action, devastating drama, fascinating historical details, loads of archival photographs on almost every page, quotes from primary sources, and painstaking back matter, this gripping story, which follows the TITANIC and its passengers from the ship's celebrated launch at Belfast to her cataclysmic icy end, is sure to thrill and move readers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Titanic: Voices from the Disaster</i>: </b>A Sibert Honor BookA YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction FinalistAn ALA Notable Children's BookAn IRA Teacher's ChoiceA <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Young Adult Book of the YearA <i>Horn Book</i> Fanfare BookA Cybils Award FinalistAn affecting portrait of human ambition, folly and almost unbearable nobility in the face of death. -- <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>A meticulous recounting of the disaster... Hopkinson's reporting is so rich with information that it will be equally fascinating to young readers and adults alike. -- <i>Los Angeles Times</i>*Hopkinson knows precisely what's she doing in her coverage of the Titanic disaster... [A] fine book. -- <i>The Horn Book</i>, starred review*Fascinating... A thorough and absorbing re-creation of the ill-fated voyage. -- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review*Riveting. -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review*An absorbing and richly satisfying read. -- <i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review<b>Praise for <i>Up Before Daybreak</i>: </b>*Rarely have the links between northern industry, southern agriculture, slavery, war, child labor, and poverty been so skillfully distilled for this audience. -- <i>Booklist</i>, starred review*Superb nonfiction writing. -- <i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review*Excellent. -- <i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review<b>Praise for <i>Shutting Out the Sky</i>: </b>*Nonfiction at its best. --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review*[A] fascinating read. --<i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Deborah Hopkinson is the acclaimed author of over 40 award-winning books, including <i>Shutting Out the Sky</i>, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book and a Jane Addams Peace Award Honor Book; <i>Up Before Daybreak</i>, a Carter G. Woodson Honor Award winner; <i>Titanic: Voices from the Disaster</i>, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist and Sibert Honor Book; <i>Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark</i>, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and Orbis Pictus Recommended title; <i>Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific</i>; <i>D-Day: The World War II Invasion that Changed History</i>; Sydney Taylor Notable Book <i>We Had to be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport</i>; and <i>We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance</i>. Deborah lives with her family near Portland, Oregon.

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