Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home
by Sally M. Walker
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 33,132
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1090L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 191876, 6 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Sultana (Steamboat)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Disasters
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
- Steamboat disasters--Mississippi River--History--19th century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation | Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft
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Selection, 2018
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History Selection, 2017
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