Escape From . . . the Titanic by Mary Kay Carson

Escape From . . . the Titanic

Mary Kay Carson

little bee books · Paperback · March 2, 2021

"Many details within the informative, exciting narrative are based in history, and sidebars filling in the facts will bolster the story's believability for young readers...A good beginning for the Escape From . . . historical fiction series." Booklist "With a prologue that spells out the issues on the Titanic, this book foreshadows disaster.

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Who it’s for
A shipboard story follows Patrick and Sarah across Titanic’s decks and disaster.
Themes
Titanic disaster, Survival, Friendship across social classes
Pacing
Fast

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"Many details within the informative, exciting narrative are based in history, and sidebars filling in the facts will bolster the story's believability for young readers...A good beginning for the Escape From . . . historical fiction series." Booklist "With a prologue that spells out the issues on the Titanic, this book foreshadows disaster.

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Patrick Kelley, an Irish bellboy set to turn 14 on the ship, and Sarah Walsh, a young white passenger headed back to her family in Boston, are thrown together in an unlikely match, with little in common except their Irish backgrounds." School Library Journal Patrick is an Irish bellboy working on the Titanic to help his family back home. Sarah is a passenger excited to return to America. Neither of them knows that they are about to embark on the most dangerous trip of their lives. The unsinkable Titanic is not quite what Sarah expected. Instead of dining with movie stars, she finds herself having more fun in steerage with the family of her new friend, Patrick, a bellboy. He shows her all the secrets that the greatest ship in the world has to offer, like heated swimming pools and first-class cabins. But then . . . disaster! The ship crashes into an iceberg, and water begins rushing into the lower decks. The Titanic is going down fast-into the deep, icy Atlantic. Can Sarah find her new friends in time? Can Patrick do his duty and also save himself? Will either of them manage to escape one of the deadliest shipwrecks in history?

Titanic’s Lower Decks

A shipboard story follows Patrick and Sarah across Titanic’s decks and disaster.

Come here for

  • Patrick’s work as an Irish bellboy
  • Sarah’s visit to steerage with Patrick’s family

Expect

  • Heated swimming pools and first-class cabins
  • An iceberg collision and water rushing into lower decks

Where it sits

20th-Century U.S.62%
Boats & Ships45%
Survival Stories41%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Survival Stories
  • 20th-Century U.S.
  • Boats & Ships
Authors
Mary Kay Carson
Publisher
little bee books
Published
March 2, 2021
Format
Paperback
Theme
Titanic disaster · Survival · Friendship across social classes
Reading lane
Survival Stories