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3.98 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m a big fan of Nielsen’s books but this one was a bit of a letdown. A lot of the plot felt too convenient. Maybe there were people who questioned the lack of lifeboats and constantly thought about the impact a potential iceberg would have on the ship. It just didn’t seem that believable to me that our protagonist would pick up all that info and basically predict what would happen. However, I did enjoy the mix of characters.
adventurous
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This novel is a 2023 publication and a worthwhile narrative retelling of some of the noted historical experiences from this well-known tragedy. the central voice is a young girl called Hazel Rothbury who is travelling alone from her home in England to New York , in the hopes of finding work so she might send money back to her poor destitute mother and siblings.
Hazel, keen to be more than a factory worker and eager to become a journalist once she arrives in the United States, is observant and perceptive. She observes the ignorant oversights, mistakes, calamities and challenges of how the ship and its various representatives of different levels of society were managed, and she starts to take notes in a gifted notebook from a fellow passenger. She also asks questions, sometimes getting herself into more trouble than she is already in, as a stowaway. She makes friends on the ship including a young crew member called Charlie, a 1st class passenger Sylvia Thorngood and her governess Ms Gruber and Mrs Ruth Abelman amongst other travellers who help to build her travel aboard this ultimately fateful ship into a dangerous and suspenseful journey of troubled revelations and experiences.
I greatly enjoyed this novel, having also recently read Nielsen's Words of Fire. It is written with young readers in mind and so the storyline is swift and exciting, yet filled with informative learning points and clearly well-researched representations of what is known about the Titanic tragedy.
Hazel, keen to be more than a factory worker and eager to become a journalist once she arrives in the United States, is observant and perceptive. She observes the ignorant oversights, mistakes, calamities and challenges of how the ship and its various representatives of different levels of society were managed, and she starts to take notes in a gifted notebook from a fellow passenger. She also asks questions, sometimes getting herself into more trouble than she is already in, as a stowaway. She makes friends on the ship including a young crew member called Charlie, a 1st class passenger Sylvia Thorngood and her governess Ms Gruber and Mrs Ruth Abelman amongst other travellers who help to build her travel aboard this ultimately fateful ship into a dangerous and suspenseful journey of troubled revelations and experiences.
I greatly enjoyed this novel, having also recently read Nielsen's Words of Fire. It is written with young readers in mind and so the storyline is swift and exciting, yet filled with informative learning points and clearly well-researched representations of what is known about the Titanic tragedy.
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sad
medium-paced
" A good journalist will write the truth, not protect the secrets."
I read this physically and via audiobook and both were very well done. I would definitely recommend it! It is targeted for middle grade readers but can also be enjoyed by adults as well.
I read this physically and via audiobook and both were very well done. I would definitely recommend it! It is targeted for middle grade readers but can also be enjoyed by adults as well.
adventurous
emotional
sad
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced