Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H. L. Hunley (On My Own Science) - Softcover

Walker, Sally M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822564491 ISBN 13: 9780822564492

Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™, 2007

Synopsis

What a discovery! Deep under the Atlantic Ocean, divers found a shipwreck like no other. It was the H. L. Hunley, a submarine that had sunk during the Civil War! A team of scientists from all over the world came to work on the discovery. How would they raise the Hunley from the ocean floor? How would they open the submarine? And what would they find inside?

About this title

About the Author

Sally M. Walker has been a children's book writer for over 20 years. Most of her books are nonfiction and present various science topics to young readers. Fossil Fish Found Alive is the story of the hunt for the elusive fish called the coelacanth. Sally also enjoys combining science investigation with historical topics. Her book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which won the 2006 Robert F. Sibert Medal, tells about the history, loss, and re-discovery of the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in battle. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland takes readers on archaeological expeditions, where the forensic analysis of colonial settlers' bones helps us to understand their lives. Sally especially enjoys writing narrative nonfiction that captures the reader's attention with a true story. She is also the author of 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut.

Elaine S. Verstraete creates art and illustration from her studio in Middlesex, New York. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University and currently teaches illustration at Rochester Institute of Technology. Elaine's illustrations appear in numerous children's books, including six titles with Lerner Publishing Group. Her work also appears on Wegmans brand product labels and numerous Rochester-area festival posters, including Rochester's renowned Lilac Festvial.

From Booklist

Gr. 2-4. Walker earned a Sibert Award for Secrets of a Civil War Submarine (2005). In this entry in the On My Own Science series, she presents information about the same historical mystery for a younger audience. Relating the story in loose sections rather than formal chapters, Walker takes readers briskly through the science of finding and raising the H.L. Hunley, a downed Civil War sub. Then she explains how scientists discover how the sub operated, why it might have sunk, and who was on board. There is a lot of information here for readers new to this topic, with technical terms such as magnetometer and truss included. The exciting telling will keep the audience interested. Watercolor illustrations show two laboratories, above and below the water's surface. A substantive afterword, a glossary, a time line, and a bibliography round out the book. Kathy Broderick
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Edition details

• Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0822564491
• ISBN 13: 9780822564492
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Verstraete Elaine