Iron thunder :

Avi, 1937-

Iron thunder : the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac : a Civil War novel / Avi ; with illustrations by C.B. Mordan. - 1st ed. - New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2007. - 203 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - I witness novel . - Avi, 1937- I witness novel. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203).

Wilson's Children, October 2010 Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010 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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Monitor (Ironclad)--Fiction.


Armored vessels--Fiction.
Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.


United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Fiction.


Historical fiction.
War stories.

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