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Distant waves : a novel of the Titanic
Title:
Distant waves : a novel of the Titanic
JLCTITLE245:
Suzanne Weyn.
Personal Author:
Weyn, Suzanne.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Physical Description:
330 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780545085724
Abstract:
In the early twentieth century, five sisters and their widowed mother, a famed spiritualist, travel from New York to London, and as the Titanic conveys them and their acquaintances, journalist W.T. Stead, scientist Nikola Tesla, and industrialist John Jacob Astor, home, Tesla's inventions will either doom or save them all.
Reading Level:
790 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.5 11 Quiz 129918 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.
Personal Subject:
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943-Juvenile fiction.

Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912-Juvenile fiction.

Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912-Juvenile fiction.

Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848-Juvenile fiction.
Corporate Subject:
Titanic (Steamship) -- Juvenile fiction.
Subject Term:
Spiritualists -- Juvenile fiction.

Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.

Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.

Inventors -- Juvenile fiction.
Geographic Term:
New York (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.

London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Young adult fiction.
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