I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937 (I Survived #13) [Paperback]

New York Timesbestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a birds-eye view of one of America's most ghastly accidents ever be captured on film, the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937.

The greatest flying machine ever built is about to crash...

For eleven-year-old Hugo Ballard, flying on theHindenburgis a dream come true. Hugo, his parents, and his four-year-old sister, Gertie, are making the thrilling four-thousand-mile journey across the Atlantic in a zeppelin as big as theTitanic.

But as the zeppelin gets ready to land, a blast rocks theHindenburgand fire consumes the ship. The entire disaster lasts a mere thirty-two seconds, but in those few seconds, Hugo finds himself separated from his family and in a desperate race to escape the flames. TheHindenburgis doomed. And so, it seems, is Hugo. Will he survive this historic disaster?

New York Timesbestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a birds-eye view of one of America's most ghastly accidents ever be captured on film, the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937.

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