Titanic: Voices From the Disaster (Scholastic Focus)

by Hopkinson, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780545116756
• ISBN10: 0545116759
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-01-07
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the harrowing, tragic story of the TITANIC in this Sibert Honor volume. Now in paperback!

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.

Author Biography

Deborah Hopkinson is the acclaimed author of over forty award-winning books, including SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT; GIRL WONDER; and Dear America: HEAR MY SORROW. Her nonfiction books SHUTTING OUT THE SKY, a Jane Addams Peace Award Honor book; UP BEFORE DAYBREAK, a Carter G. Woodson Honor Award winner; and TITANIC: VOICES FROM THE DISASTER, a Sibert Honor book, have garnered much acclaim. Deborah lives with her family near Portland, Oregon.