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Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Describes the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, a luxury liner claimed to be "unsinkable" that was destroyed after colliding with an iceberg, killing over one thousand passengers onboard.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest-and soon most famous-ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world's fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans to find and raise the Titanic began almost immediately. Yet seven decades passed before it was found. Why? And of some three million shipwrecks that litter the ocean...
26) Ghost ships
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A flaming ship appears on the horizon. It sails closer and closer to land, when suddenly, it vanishes! With engaging research, maps, and easy-to-read infographics, this high-interest title explores the spooky history of phantom ships. A special profile tells of a famous example, while diagrams explain the science behind the technology used to investigate these occurrences. Readers will be left wondering, are these ships just a trick of the light?...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
1629. A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989. A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie to the deck of the Titanic to find a mysterious gift that will free a small dog from a magic spell.
32) Big ship rescue!
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When a cargo ship is wrecked during a storm, the first on the scene is Salvage Master Miley with her tugboat and salvage team, ready to do what it takes to bring the ship back to port.
34) Valhalla rising
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 16
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Confronting an extraordinary series of monsters, both human and mechanical, modern and ancient, NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt treads upon territory previously known only to legend as he investigates the sinking of a luxury cruise ship, the "Emerald Dolphin". In the high-tech adventure, the past and future collide to create a whale of a tale to equal Cussler's bestselling "Atlantis Found."
Author
Language
English
Description
"Laura Callaway daily walks the windswept Cornwall coast, known for many shipwrecks but few survivors. And when a man with curious wounds and an odd accent is washed ashore, she cares for him while the mystery surrounding him grows. Can their budding attraction survive, and can he be returned to his rightful home when danger pursues them from every side?"--
Author
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A pictorial history of the ill-fated ocean liner is comprised of photographs and illustrations as well as 3-D-rendered graphics that relate its story from the 1911 launch at the Belfast shipyard to its destruction during its maiden voyage.
39) Titanic
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"A picture history of the shipwreck that shocked the world"--Cover.
Author
Series
Epic journey novels (Dan Walsh) volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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