Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home
Written and illustrated by Sally M. Walker
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10 - 14
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208
Page
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159
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per page
1090L
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Oct 1, 2017
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The worst maritime disaster in American history wasn’t the Titanic. It was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River–and it could have been prevented.
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Sally M Walker is the author of Champion, a JLG selection, one of NCTE’s 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Books, and a 2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book. She is also the author of ALA Notable Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917; the acclaimed picture book Winnie; and Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which was awarded a Sibert Medal. She lives in Illinois.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780763677558
- Publication Date
- October 1, 2017
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Page Count
- 208
- Words Per Page
- 159
- Audience
- Young Adult
- Reading Age
- 10 - 14 years
- Lexile® Level
- 1090L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Z
- ATOS® Book Level
- 7.7
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 6
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 191876
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG+
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