Title: Iron Thunder
Description: *After his father is killed on the war, thirteen year old Tom takes on a job at the ironworks to support his family, and finds himself a target of ruthless spies when he begins to work on the ironclad ship dubbed **'The Monitor.'***
Subjects: United States in fiction, Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862 in fiction, The Merrimac, The Monitor, Shipbuilding in fiction, Fiction, Monitor (Ironclad), United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Shipbuilding, Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862, Armored vessels, Spy stories, History, Merrimack (Frigate), Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, War, fiction, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Monitor (ironclad), fiction, Merrimack (frigate), fiction, Ships, fiction
Places: United States, Virginia
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865