This tale of an Irish teenager aboard the doomed ship, from a Caldecott Medal winner, is a โtaut disaster story .ย .ย . nearly impossible to put downโ (Publishers Weekly).
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Fifteen-year-old Barry OโNeill is journeying to New York to reunite with his parents on the maiden voyage of the great shipย Titanic. Heโs homesick, and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in steerage, who have threatened to throw him overboard. Little does Barry know that a struggle with the Flynns is the least of the dangers that await him.
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This โfast-pacedโ and suspenseful young adult adventure story is based on the true and terrible events that occurred as the Titanic sank, and โimmerses readers in the many human tragediesโ (Booklist).