Iron thunder : the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac : a Civil War novel / Avi ; with illustrations by C.B. Mordan.
by Avi; Mordan, C. B [ill.].
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BookSeries: An I witness novel. Publisher: New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: 203 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.ISBN: 1423104463.Subject(s): Monitor (Ironclad) -- Fiction | United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Fiction | Armored vessels -- Fiction | Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862 -- Fiction | Historical fiction | War storiesDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: Thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll takes his place as head of the family after his father dies fighting for the Union; but his job at the local ironworks, where he helps build an iron ship for the Union army, and his loyalty come into question when he is approached by Confederate spies to sell secrets about the ship to the South.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203).
School Library Journal, September 2007
Library Media Connection starred, November 2007
Pub Weekly, July 2007
Booklist, August 2007
Horn Book, April 2008
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2007
Kirkus Review, July 2007
Catholic Library World, June 2008
Thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll takes his place as head of the family after his father dies fighting for the Union; but his job at the local ironworks, where he helps build an iron ship for the Union army, and his loyalty come into question when he is approached by Confederate spies to sell secrets about the ship to the South.
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