Voyage on the Great Titanic

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady by Ellen Emerson White is a part of the Dear America collection for children/young adults. The books are written as though you are reading the main character's diary, and started being published widely after the American Girls series got very popular. I got this one at a book fair in middle school, and I still enjoyed reading it as an adult.

Margaret Ann Brady is an orphaned girl in England who is living in a home and school run by nuns, one of whom has given her a diary, which is where the book essentially begins. Margaret fills the reader in on her back-story - about her parents and her brother, and how she came to be at the orphanage. But she has also been taken on by a wealthy American woman to act as a companion on board the Titanic. While I'm sure we all know the story of that tragic event, I found it interesting to read about from Margaret's perspective, and the historical significance is not made light of although the book is intended for a fairly young audience.

I appreciate that the author does not sugar-coat events in this book, but it still remains age appropriate. I haven't yet read any others from the Dear America collection, but fully intend to - if they're all like this one, they are great books for kids to learn about history on a more "personal" level, and as an adult they make for some pretty quality light reading.

ISBN:

0590962736

ASIN:
B005ES45JA

Publisher:
Scholastic

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