I survived the Hindenburg disaster, 1937
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
I survived the Hindenburg disaster, 1937
AUTHOR:
Tarshis, Lauren.
Dawson, Scott.
ISBN:
9780545658508
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Scholastic Inc., c2016.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
91 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
SERIES:
I survived
I survived.
SERIES_TITLE:
I survived
I survived.
ABSTRACT:
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?
READING_LEVEL4:
Reading level grade 4.
Appeals to 3rd-5th graders.
GENRE_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Aircraft accidents -- New Jersey -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Airships -- Germany -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Survival -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Aircraft accidents -- Fiction. |
| Airships -- Fiction. |
| Historical fiction, Juvenile. |
| Hindenburg (Airship) -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Hindenburg (Airship) -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
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?