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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (Dear America Series)

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Thirteen-year-old Margaret, the fictional passenger that is the "writer" of the "diary" that makes up this book, shouldn't have even been on the Titanic. By a twist of fate that she interprets as good fortune, the orphan, who has been living at an orphanage since her mother died and her brother decided he couldn't care for her properly, gets a job with a wealthy American woman, Mrs. Carstairs. The job is fairly simple: Margaret just has to keep Mrs. Carstairs company during her return voyage to New York, and it comes with a ticket to America. Margaret takes the job eagerly: her brother now is living and working in America, able to support her, and has been saving up for a ticket for her for awhile. Now she can join him immediatley. But Mrs. Carstairs is returning to America on the Titanic. And we all know that voyage is doomed to end of tragedy. So Margaret unknowingly heads off into a disaster. We see through her eyes how the luxuries of first class would appear to a child who lived in poverty all of her life. And of course, the disaster plays a large role in the story as well. I highly reccomend this to fans of the Dear America series, historical fiction, and of course, the Titanic!

Margaret Ann Brady is a 13 year old girl living in an orphanage in England. Her brother William left her there when her parents died so she would be taken care of while he was in America. Margaret gets the opportunity of a lifetime when she is chosen to go on the great ship, the Titanic, with a rich American woman named Mrs. Carstairs. She will be a helper, and also a companion to Mrs. Carstairs, and she will finally be able to be with William again, and see America for the first time.

While on the Titanic Margaret meets a young boy, only a few years older than herself, named Robert. She becomes very fond of him, and they become great friends.

Trouble starts one night while sailing in the Titanic. Robert comes running down the hall of the ship and waking everyone up. Supposedly they have hit an iceberg. The woman and children are all put into small boats and taken away. Margaret makes sure that Mrs. Carstairs gets into a boat, but runs off to find Robert. Robert cannot leave the ship on one of the boats because he is a worker and he has to try and save others.

Margaret thinks that all of the boats are gone and that she will die on this boat, but she makes it onto the last boat, and...Well I won't tell you the rest, you'll have to find out for yourself.

This was an excellent book, and it was written incredibly well. I recommend this book to any historical fiction fans, or anyone interested in the Titanic.

In the book there's Margaret, William, Sister Cathrine, Robert, and Captain Edward Smith. When Margaret and William's parents died William was left with him and his sister to look after. When it got to hard for William to look after two people he left his sister at a orphange where he said he would come back for her.

When Margaret Ann Brady grew up, she was about 14 1/2. She got to go on a ship with a rich, fancy lady. She thought she was going to be a maid instead of a passenger on the Titanic. Sister Katherine couldn't believe it herself. But, finally after all that thinking, she accepted the invitation. When Margaret gave their tickets to the stewered he was a good looking boy, named Robert, she looked up to him.

In the follwing days that occured, Margaret and Robert grew close, while her and the lady grew apart. While the Titanic went farther west, the climate was getting colder and the crew knew what that meant icebergs at night. They were right. The Titanic sank at 11:48 p.m. April 14, 1912. Only 700 people survived, and left many others freeze in the deep blue Atlantic Sea.

I liked this book and I certainly would recommend it, but the part I didn't like was one all those people died.

This was a wonderful book! It is the story of Margret Ann Brady. Margret is a thirteen year old who has lived a very tragic life. Her parents died when she was very young. She and her brother lived in the damp streets of London for nearly two years. They resorted to stealing and trying to intrest people in things that they found. Margret became very sick. Her brother convinces her to go to an orphanage. There, she is welcomed by Sister Cathriene. After years there, she is offered to go as a maid to a rich lady who wishes for a maid because her husband cannot go with her. Margret experinces many customs. She is befriended by Robert, a cabin steward. As she expieriences the sinking, all who read it will experience the true tragity of the Titanic. A book that those who belive the movie is right about everything should read.

This book is marvelous. It is fun to read and not hard to understand.

Voyage on the Great Titanic is about an British orphan named Margaret Brady. She has the job of a wealthy American's companion, Mrs. Carstairs, who is traveling to America to see her daughter and son-in-law and new grandchild. Margaret is enthralled! Instead of waiting years for her brother William to get the money for her passage, she gets to come to America for FREE. She is thankful to be in first class with Mrs. Carstairs and her dog because Margaret would really be in third class if she wasn't a traveling with a wealthy woman. When Margaret sees the Titanic she can't believe her luck! Not only was she going to go to America to see her brother, but she was traveling on the most luxirious and HUGE SHIP!

I won't go any farther; everyone knows what happened to the Titanic. But this story is poignant, beautiful, and romantic. I don't mean REALLY romantic, but romantic in a sweet way. Margaret is a great character. She's hilarious at times!

Anyone would cherish this quickly-paced story, but just to warn you: It goes by VERY fast, since the Titanic was only on the ocean for a few days. And it's cool to read how Margaret was so amazed by the fancy rooms on the ship.

READ this along with all the other Dear America books. I recommend So Far From Home, Color Me Dark, and possibly my favorite: A COAL MINER'S BRIDE.

I saw this book in the Library and picked it out. i'm glad i di it was great. It touched me to the point i was crying, laughing and even got mad with the girl in the story. I felt like i was right on the ship! its worth it to get and read!!!! I am now reaading and buying the entire series.

Margaret Ann Brady is a working class girl who finds herself traveling in first class. My niece Samantha introduced me to this book and as she says: "This is a book anyone can enjoy, adults or children."

The diary starts on March 28, 1912 at the St. Abernathy's Orphanage for Girls in London, England. Margaret's writing is filled with a wonderful English flavor and is very descriptive. This is a secret look into her life as she prepares for her trip and sails away on the Titanic.

While on the Titanic, she has her own private writing desk, so she continues to write about her journey and about Robert, who it seems she came to care for. Perhaps the most poignant scene in this beautifully written diary is the scene in which Robert gives a letter to Margaret to mail to his mother.

When Margaret sees the Titanic she says it was bigger than seemed humanly possible and smelled of fresh paint. She didn't know what to expect, but the sight of the Titanic took her breath away. What seems like just a few pages later, Margaret spills hot chocolate as the ship leaves a smear of red paint at the base of the iceberg.

Through this book you can relive all the emotions Margaret felt as she entered the magical world of traveling on the Titanic. She even says she never wanted to leave and enjoyed reading books from the ship's library. Her story shows courage in contrast with despair. It shows the darkness of the night, tells of the sounds of people crying out for help and then of the rescue on the Carpathia. It is no wonder she never set foot on a another ship again.

This book also includes a time line from 1898 to July 1986. It has pictures of the Titanic and the iceberg.

If you enjoyed this book, look for: "A Journey to the New World," "The Winter of Red Snow," "A Picture of Freedom," "I Thought My Soul would Rise and Fly," "West to a Land Of Plenty."

~The Rebecca Review

This book was completely miraculous! One of the reveiws I read was completely wrong. It is very possible for an orphan to be traveling in first class as a companion for an elderly rich lady traveling by herself. The sweet love connection between Robert and Margaret made me cry and I wish it would have turned out differently. The ending was sad as they met in the corridor, when they..... oops! Almost slipped!

This book has tons of suprises and most of all a sad middle.
thiss caught my interest into Titanic Heck I never even Knew about Titanic till 2 days ago!

Margaret Ann Brady is a great character. Always hoping for the best, she lives in an orphanange with Sister Catherine. Then, Maragaret has an offer from a vey rich woman, Mrs. Carstairs, to take the trip of her life on Titanic. She can't believe she's gonig to be able to go to America, and be able to live with her brother, WIlliam, who she lost when he convinced her to go to the orphange. But, it all ends in a deep tragedy, though she survives, she is deeply tramitized. She meets on the Titanic asweet boy named Robert. On the night of the sinking, he comes in to give her a life jacket for a drill. Magaret was scared, but Robert seemed calm enough, so she trusted him. She didn't see him at all again. I think this book was awesome, because the Titanic was always an interesting subject to me, and to be put in such descriptve words made it even more enjoyable. Not to mention it had tons of information on the Titanic in the back of the book. I recommend this book to anyone that has a fasination with the Titanic and great literatature.