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Bunting,
Eve
SOS
TITANIC
New York :
Harcourt, Brace, 1996.
IL
5-8
ISBN
0152002715
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Fifteen
year old Barry O'Neill is traveling from Ireland to
New York on the Titanic. He is traveling in the
first class section of the ship. He is sad to be
leaving Ireland and his grandparents who have
raised him for the past 10 years. He is also a
little apprehensive about living with his parents
who have been away in China this whole time. As he
makes his way around the ship, he meets many
interesting people. There's the psychic steward who
tells Barry of visions of disaster. There's the
passenger who is obsessed with counting the
lifeboats. And there's Pegeen, a young Irish girl
who is traveling in steerage. Through his contact
with her, he begins to really understand the
injustices of a class system. Although there have
been many books and movies about the Titanic
disaster, this book adds to the story. Be sure to
read Eve Bunting's SOS TITANIC.
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SUBJECTS:
Titanic (Steamship) --
Fiction
Ocean liners -- Fiction
Shipwrecks -- Fiction
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