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by Stephanie Sabol (Author), Who Hq (Author), Gregory Copeland (Illustrator)
Durante m?s de cien a?os la gente ha estado cautivada por el desastroso hundimiento del Titanic, que se cobr? m?s de 1500 vidas. Ahora los j?venes lectores pueden conocer por qu? se hundi? el gigantesco barco y c?mo fue descubierto 75 a?os despu?s.
For more than one hundred years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. A las 2:20 a. m. del 15 de abril de 1912, el Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, el barco de pasajeros m?s grande de esa ?poca, encontr? su catastr?fico final despu?s de estrellarse con un iceberg. De los 2240 pasajeros y tripulantes a bordo, solo 705 sobrevivieron. M?s de cien a?os despu?s, los lectores de hoy estar?n intrigados por el misterio que rodea a este barco que originalmente fue catalogado como "insumergible".At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only 705 survived. More than one hundred years later, today's readers will be intrigued by the mystery that surrounds this ship that was originally labeled "unsinkable."
Author Biography
Stephanie Sabol es oriunda de la costa de Nueva Jersey, se gradu? de Boston College y actualmente reside en Hoboken. Es autora de What Was the Titanic?, Who Is Bruce Springsteen? y Where Is Our Solar System?
Stephanie Sabol is a native of the Jersey Shore and a graduate of Boston College, and currently resides in Hoboken, New Jersey. She is the author of What Was the Titanic?, Who Is Bruce Springsteen?, and Where Is Our Solar System? Yanitzia Canetti es una escritora, traductora y profesora cubano americana. Ha publicado m?s de 500 libros, en especial literatura para ni?os. Sus obras se han traducido al ingl?s, italiano, portugu?s, croata, b?lgaro, rumano, chino, entre otras lenguas. A su vez, ha traducido m?s de 200 libros al espa?ol de otros autores, como las series de Dr. Seuss, Curious George, Amelia Bedelia, entre otros. Ha recibido numerosos premios y distinciones en el campo de la literatura y la educaci?n--en 2011 fue elegida entre las 25 mujeres m?s influyentes del mundo hispano, por la revista People en espa?ol. Vive en Boston, Massachusetts, con sus hijos Ares y Eros. M?s en www.yanitziacanetti.net. Yanitzia Canetti is a Cuban-American writer, translator, and teacher. She has published more than 500 books, especially children's literature. Her works have been translated into English, Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Chinese, among other languages. In turn, she has translated more than 200 books into Spanish from other authors, such as the Dr. Seuss series, Curious George, Amelia Bedelia, among others. She has received numerous awards and recognitions in the fields of literature and education-- in 2011, she was chosen as one of the 25 most influential women in the Hispanic world by People en espa?ol magazine. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her children Ares and Eros. More at www.yanitziacanetti.net.