Publishers Weekly, starred review*An absorbing and richly satisfying read. Kirkus Reviews, starred review*Riveting. A thorough and absorbing re-creation of the ill-fated voyage. The Horn Book, starred review*Fascinating. Los Angeles Times*Hopkinson knows precisely whats she doing in her coverage of the Titanic disaster. Hopkinsons reporting is so rich with information that it will be equally fascinating to young readers and adults alike. The Wall Street JournalA meticulous recounting of the disaster. Review Quotes Praise for Titanic: Voices from the Disaster: A Sibert Honor BookA YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction FinalistAn ALA Notable Childrens BookAn IRA Teachers ChoiceA Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the YearA Horn Book Fanfare BookA Cybils Award FinalistAn affecting portrait of human ambition, folly and almost unbearable nobility in the face of death. 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 ships celebrated launch at Belfast to her cataclysmic icy end, is sure to thrill and move readers. 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.

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

Theres 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. 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. About the Book On April 15, 1912, the magnificent ocean liner the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank beneath the icy North Atlantic seas.

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