I survived the hindenburg disaster, 1937 [electronic resource]. Lauren Tarshis.
New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a birds-eye view of one of America's most ghastly accidents ever be captured on film, the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937. The greatest flying machine ever build is about to crash...For eleven-year-old Hugo Ballard, flying on the Hindenburg is a dream come true. Hugo, his parents, and his four-year-old sister, Gertie, are making the thrilling four-thousand-mile journey across the Atlantic in a zeppelin as big as the Titanic .But as the zeppelin gets ready to land, a blast rocks the Hindenburg and fire consumes the ship. The entire disaster lasts a mere thirty-two seconds, but in those few seconds, Hugo finds himself separated from his family and in a desperate race to escape the flames. The Hindenburg is doomed. And so, it seems, is Hugo. Will he survive this historic disaster?
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- ISBN: 9780545658515
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Target Audience Note: | Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4 MG/Middle grades (4th-8th) 5 ATOS Level 700 Lexile. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Scholastic Paperbacks, 2016. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. |
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Subject: | Historical Fiction. Juvenile Literature. Juvenile Fiction. |