What’s it about: Margaret Brady is a young orphan girl from Whitechapel in London, England who is offered passage to the USA to join her older brother by Mrs Carstairs, a wealthy American. Unfortunately, they’ll be travelling onboard the RMS Titanic. DK Eyewitness Books: Titanic: Learn the Full Story of This Tragic Ship from its Famous Passengers to the Exploration of its Remains

This volume of the What Was? series dives into the Titanic and its disastrous sinking. Read along to hear what happened that cold April night and learn all about the magnificent ship so many couldn’t wait to board. Not too many people heard the sound of Titanic hitting the iceberg, but it was very recognizable to the lookouts and crew onboard. In the next two hours and forty minutes, the maiden voyage of Titanic became one of the worst maritime disasters in history. Walter Lord bases this book off of sixty-three survivor accounts for a moment-by-moment account of one of the bleakest nights in the twentieth century. Anderson, D. Brian (2005). The Titanic in Print and on Screen. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-1786-2. Who will enjoy this book: People who want to get as close as possible to this tragedy and read real stories from the Titanic will find few better sources than this book. History enthusiasts and Titanic buffs should hopefully find this invaluable. Further Reading: If you enjoy this one, Clive Cussler has two novels about the Titanic, the second of which is a prequel called The Titanic Secret.

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I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (Graphic Novel) – Lauren Tarshis; art by Scott Dawson and adapted by Georgia Bell A Girl Aboard the Titanic: The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster – Eva Hart and R. Denney What it’s about: Violet Jessop survived both the sinking of the Titanic and her sister ship the Britannic four years later. This is her extraordinary tale of survival, as well as her childhood and how she wound up a stewardess on the Titanic. What sets this book about the Titanic apart? Butler spent years researching the actions of the Captains of the Carpathia and the Californian, recounting in his book just how many people could have been saved had they acted differently, and diving deeply into the investigations launched against those deemed by many to have acted callously and negligently. You’re unlikely to find a more thorough approach to the retelling of this compelling story. Rasor, Eugene L. (2001). The Titanic : Historiography and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-31215-1.

This book is written by Robert Ballard and is illustrated by Ken Marschall. It features dozens of meticulously accurate and full-color paintings and includes a fold-out illustration of the entirety of Titanic. Ballard offers his wealth of information about how a ship regarded as ‘practically unsinkable’ sank on April 15, 1912.Tonight on the Titanic [Magic Tree House #17] – Mary Pope Osborne, illustrations by Salvatore Murdocca A detailed exploration of the available evidence for the sequence and launch times of the Titanic Lifeboats. Who will enjoy this book: This may be a good access point for some younger readers to engage with the story of the Titanic tragedy. There are biographies, with accompanying letters, diary entries and newspaper stories, as well as a hundred colour illustrations and stories of the Titanic survivors. Lord's invocation of an era of confidence and certainty was also a relevant theme at the height of the Cold War. [12] The University of California sociologist Fred Davis comments that nostalgia "thrives ... on the rude transitions wrought by such phenomena as war, depression, civil disturbance, and cataclysmic natural disasters – in short, those events that cause masses of people to feel uneasy and to wonder whether the world and their being are quite what they always took them to be." [13] The turmoil and uncertainty of the early Atomic Age and the onset of profound social changes made the old concepts of the nuclear family and traditional gender roles, reflected in the behaviour of Titanic 's passengers, resonate with a mid-1950s audience. [14] What’s it about: The Watch That Ends the Night tells the stories of Titanic survivors through the medium of poetry.

In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen fictional universe, the Titan serves as the Titanic 's fictional counterpart.Rutman, Sharon; Stevenson, Jay (1998). The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Titanic. Alpha Books. ISBN 0-02-862712-1. The RMS Titanic is the most luxurious ship ever built, but for eighteen-year-old Tess Davies it's a prison. Travelling as a maid for the family she has served for years, Tess is trapped in their employ amid painful memories and family secrets. I’m an author of Young Adult Fantasy fiction. When my oldest was six, I started reading Harry Potter to him. It was such a bonding experience that we both cherish. We still talk about the stories, even though he's all grown up and lives away from me most of the time. The thing about fantasy is that stories set in worlds or with people that don’t actually exist make it easier for us to swallow deep meanings, storylines with which we can identify, and that crawl deep down into our souls and nest there. It’s not just about escaping into a fantasy world, but about finding human experience in otherworldly situations and characters. What’s it about: A Titanic book about the commemoration of the women and child passengers on the Titanic, with a minor focus on their class structures. Who will enjoy this book: Obviously cat lovers (like me!) are the target audience and, fortunately, they will get a lot out of this more whimsical take on the Titanic story, which is semi-inspired by a real cat!

Who will enjoy this book: This is a great book for kids who enjoy epistolary novels or diary style narratives. Based on the series of events that led up to the sinking, the book goes on to record the experiences of those who survived. Through the eyes of the persons involved in the design, construction, and launch, the first half of the book relives the experiences of those working on the ship. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuthWhat’s it about: 13 year old Albert Trask is travelling onboard the Titanic with his family to the USA to be closer to his grandmother. No one else in his family is particularly excited about the move, but Albert can’t wait to sail on the “unsinkable” ship and get the chance to explore and sketch it. But when the unthinkable happens, he’s forced to make some incredible grown-up decisions. The book was referenced in the television series One Step Beyond, in season 1, episode 2, entitled " Night of April 14th", which aired January 27, 1959. Who will enjoy this book: Those interested in stories of Titanic survivors won’t be able to put A Girl Aboard the Titanic down. Eva’s story is tragic and she is unrelentingly honest in her account.