01524cam a2200337 4500 598989234 TxAuBib 20090416120000.0 070918s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2007020843 9781423104469 SAL $15.99 1423104463 SAL $15.99 TxAuBib 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, 2007. 203 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 203). After his father is killed during the Civil War, thirteen-year-old Tom takes on a job to at the ironworks to support his family, and finds himself a target of ruthless spies when he begins assisting with the ironclad ship the "Monitor.". 20090416. Monitor (Ironclad) Juvenile fiction. Monitor (Ironclad) Fiction. Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862 Juvenile fiction. Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862 Fiction. Shipbuilding Fiction. Spies Fiction. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Juvenile fiction. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction. Mordan, C. B, ill.