Sunday, August 15, 2010

All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank by Don Brown



It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal grease to slide it into the ocean, 100,000 people to wave bon voyage, but only one wrong move to tear the Titanic apart, sinking it into the pages of history. On a cold moonless night in April of 1912, 2,000 passengers--both the uber-rich enjoying a luxury cruise and the dirt-poor hoping to find a new life in America--struggled to survive. Only 700 suceeded. Lifeboats were launched half-full; women were forced to leave their husbands and sons behind; and even those who made it out alive were forever haunted, constantly wondering "why me?"

34 comments:

  1. ***
    This is a great story about the titanic it shows great emotion and I love the way it is organized by time periods of the trip.the illustrations were good.

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  2. Mallory\ Mrs. HemingwaySeptember 8, 2010 at 10:50 AM

    I did not like how some people died. liked how they thought they would never crash.

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  3. Taylor/Mrs.HemingwaySeptember 8, 2010 at 3:24 PM

    ****
    This book was very descriptive of what happened to the Titanic
    gave info of what all things in the ship

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  4. All Stations Distress, is a dramatic story about the titanic. When the ship hit the iceberg you can almost feel the fear in the passengers. I cannot believe that 36 kids in 3rd class died. This is such an amazing book.

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  5. **
    It was a ok book I thought it was put into a time lne of when first started to sail to when it sunk i thought it was sad when it said that kids were throne into the saftyboats.

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  6. ****
    I'm going to give this book a 4 star rating because I liked the non-fiction story but that it did not have photos it had illustrations instead.

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  7. I like the book but it is sad that a couple poeple died. :(

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  8. I thought this was an ok book and liked how it gave infomation about the events that happened on that day.

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  9. I loved itbut i wish it would show a difernt setting

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  10. i thought the book was ok it did have alot of facts on the titanic and the pictures were good it was very sad when the people died

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  11. It was a sad book atlease 700 people live to tell the tale to the world. I loved the pictures

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  12. I liked the decriptives the author gave on what happened but i didnt really like the pictures of the people

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  13. I loved this book because it said how the titanic crashed

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  14. ****

    The book was great! The book tells a story about the Titanic and what happened to the people on board. I felt bad for the people in 3rd class who died, just because they didn't have much money. The book made me feel like I was actually in the Titanic.

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  15. *****
    This book was a good book. It felt like i was actually on the titanic. I also felt sorry for the people in 3rd class,poor children.

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  16. ****
    it was a very good book but i felt bad for the poor people who died i bet u the water was very cold i also never imagined the titanti that big and how much animal fat they put on the boat

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  17. *****
    i liked this book but it was very sad alot of people died

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  18. ***

    ALL STATIONS DISTRESS!!!!!!! yells the captain of what was thought to be the unsinkable ship. But appearently they were wrong.

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  19. It was sad alot of people died

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  20. This book really shows you that it wasn't just a ship sinking it was a tragity. I wish all the people lived.

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  21. Zoe/Norton said...

    i didnt know it was about the titanic i thought it was about just regural ships you know what i mean

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  22. I love informational books, so this book is perfect for me. The reason I like Bluebonnet books is because they get not really known authors out there. I also like the illustrations. They were very detailed and intricate.

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  23. Lauren Burger/ HemingwayJanuary 6, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    This book was good. it showed a lot of emotion.And i am really interested in the titanic so this was a good book for me.

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  24. i love this book it helped me understand the night of the crash more

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  25. Lauren F./ Ms.NortonJanuary 17, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    I really didn't like the pics of the people or how they died.*

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  26. ***
    i like this story and how it explains everything about the titanic and the events that happened.

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  27. ****

    I liked the book and the pics but I really don't like how alot of people die in it though.

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  28. this book was really cool I liked the way everybody was wrong, but I didn't like the violence.

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  29. this is a good book! it expresses peoples feelings though "interview mode". i would rate this book 4 stars!

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  30. Eliana M./HEMINGWAY****January 18, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    I loved this book because it was very heartfelt.this was book was awesome because I love learning about history.

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  31. I love the book I give it ***
    I felt like I was there when it happened.

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  32. i liked it but it was sad because a few people died.

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  33. ****

    I loved this book because I have alwayse wanted to learn about the sinking, and who survived.

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  34. ****

    i liked this book because it proved that even the biggest ship ever could sink and prooved everyone wrong.

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