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Amanda / Miranda

by Richard Peck

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One of Peck's best efforts. The dichotomy between wealthy Amanda and servant Amanda really shows up the difference between classes. What Amanda chooses naturally, Miranda can only wish for. ( )
  majorbabs | Dec 10, 2012 |
I had high expectations for this one. It did not live up to my expectations. The story contained very little about the Titanic, it was a very small part of the story. The story was basically spelled out in the description on the back of the book. No surprises here! ( )
  TFS93 | Jan 25, 2012 |
Because I enjoyed other books by Richard Peck, I thought I would like this one as well. I was wrong.

The story of two girls, one rich, one poor, both of whom look alike, was quite boring and tedious.

When the rich Amanda uses her servant girl Miranda for devious purposes, the tables are turned.

With the backdrop of the sinking of the Titanic, Peck weaves a tale that never quite lives up to his usual standard.

Not recommended. ( )
  Whisper1 | Dec 1, 2011 |
Barf. I hated this book. It read exactly like one of my Mom's romance novels. Totally unbelievable, totally predictable. I would not recommend this book to ANYONE. ( )
  pamfb7557 | Aug 7, 2010 |
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"Your future lies beyond a mountain of ice, where you will die, and live again." The wisewoman's prophecy disturbs Miranda, a maidservant who bears an uncanny resemblance to her rich and arrogant mistress, Amanda Whitwell. Thrust into a tangled web of lies by Amanda, Miranda watches helplessly as one fateful night, a prophecy once foretold becomes reality . . . aboard the Titanic. Richard Peck's newly abridged edition of his popular adult novel is an enthralling adventure that will capture the reader's imagination.

"A sure winner . . . A charming novel, full of mistaken identity, thwarted love and sweet revenge."
-Booklist

"The kind of page turner that has rainy days and summer reading written all over it."
-The Horn Book

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In 1911 in England, eighteen-year-old Mary Cooke is hired as personal maid to the willful and arrogant Amanda Whitwell and is astonished to find that her new employer is her near-double, a coincidence that has lasting consequences for Mary, especially when she accompanies Amanda on the Titanic's fateful voyage. A Newbery Honor author presents a tale of love and fate on the "Titanic", as a maidservant named Miranda finds she bears an uncanny resemblance to her rich and arrogant mistress, Amanda Whitewell. Thrust into a tangled web of lies by Amanda, Miranda watches helplessly as a prophecy once foretold becomes reality. "Your future lies beyond a mountain of ice, where you will die, and live again." The wisewoman's prophecy disturbs Miranda, a maidservant who bears an uncanny resemblance to her rich and arrogant mistress, Amanda Whitwell. Thrust into a tangled web of lies by Amanda, Miranda watches helplessly as one fateful night, a prophecy once foretold becomes reality...aboard the Titanic. Richard Peck's newly abridged edition of his popular adult novel is an enthralling adventure that will capture the reader's imagination. "A sure winner...A charming novel, full of mistaken identity, thwarted love and sweet revenge." -Booklist. "The kind of page turner that has rainy days and summer reading written all over it." -The Horn Book.… (more)

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