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On Board the Titanic: What It Was Like When the Great Liner Sank Audiobook
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Travel back in time to the fateful maiden voyage of the majestic Titanic in this compelling narrative. Told through the eyes of two young survivors, seventeen-year-old Jack Thayer and twenty-two-year-old Harold Bride, this thrilling account vividly recreates the night the world's most famous passenger ship sank to the bottom of the icy Atlantic.
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"IT was one of the largest, most luxurious steamship ever built......But..... "
— Coney (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Told with authority and immediacy.”
— Globe and Mail -
“The tragic story of the ship that was supposed to be indestructible holds up well in this new telling.”
— Booklist -
“Tanaka’s book will serve as an attractive introduction to a popular topic.”
— School Library Journal -
“Tanaka’s text addresses issues that contributed to the disaster such as poor seamanship and corporate and community policy decisions adequately enough to answer most questions likely to be raised by the target audience.”
— Children’s Literature -
“Clean and vivid…sure to appeal to kids.”
— Quill and Quire
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" Informative children's book about one of the most traumatic events of our history. "
— LeeAnn, 2/10/2011
About Shelley Tanaka
Shelley Tanaka is an award-winning children’s book author and editor. She is the author of Amelia Earhart and Mummies: The Newest, Coolest & Creepiest from Around the World, as well as several other books in the I Was There series. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.
About Terry Bregy
Terry Bregy is a narrator of children’s and young adult books. Some of his published credits include Morning Girl, Paddle-to-the-Sea, and Across Five Aprils.