On Board the Titanic
What It Was Like When the Great Liner Sank
- Publisher
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Mar 1997
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780590248952
- Publish Date
- Mar 1997
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
"Jack felt the back of his neck prickle with fear. What he had known in his heart for the past hour was suddenly very clear. They would never get in a lifeboat. There simply weren't enough..."
Told through the eyes of two young survivors, and illustrated with breathtaking paintings and fascinating diagrams, this thrilling account vividly recreates the night the world's biggest ship plunged to the bottom of the ocean.
About the authors
SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning author, translator and editor. She has written more than twenty books for children and young adults, winning the Orbis Pictus Award, the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Science in Society Book Award and the Information Book Award, and she has twice been nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis. Other honors include Texas Blue Bonnet runner-up, School Library Journal Best Books, ALA Notables and IRA Young Adults’ Choice. Her translation of Michel Noel’s Good for Nothing won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and was on the IBBY Honor List (Commended). Shelley teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts, in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.
Ken Marschall is a painter who is best known as the world's foremost creator of Titanic artwork. You can see more of his paintings at www.kenmarschall.com.
Excerpt: On Board the Titanic: What It Was Like When the Great Liner Sank (by (author) Shelley Tanaka; illustrated by Ken Marschall)
From On Board the Titanic
"Jack felt the back of his neck prickle with fear. What he had known in his heart for the past hour was suddenly very clear. They would never get in a lifeboat. There simply weren't enough..."
Editorial Reviews
"...an excellent series of historical picture books..." — Today's Parent
"Told with authority and immediacy..." — The Globe and Mail
"...clean and vivid...sure to appeal to kids..." — Quill and Quire
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