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Titanic 2020: Bk. 1

by Colin Bateman

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Everyone said the original Titanic was unsinkable. We all know how that story ends. But there are worse things than drowning as Jimmy Armstrong quickly finds out when he stows away on the new Titanic.
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[b:Titanic 2020|1894125|Titanic 2020 (Titanic 2020 #1)|Colin Bateman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189922451s/1894125.jpg|1895597] was so much better than I expected it to be! It doesn't seem to have gathered any attention at all which I think is a huge shame. It was published in 2007 but could totally fit right in with the dystopian/apocalypse trend in Young Adult fiction right now.

This book follows Jimmy, a teenage boy from Belfast. A new Titanic has just been built- it's the size of a city and incredibly exclusive. Before the ship is due to set sail, Jimmy wanders is and explores it. He accidenitally falls asleep and when he wakes up discovers that the ship has left Belfast! He decides to stay hidden long enough that it will be impossible for them to just turn back and bring him home. Jimmy- who has only ever had bad luck in his short life- turns out to be very lucky indeed as a mysterious virus swoops the world just after the Titanic sets sail so he's in the safest place after all.

Jimmy gets into trouble, becomes best friends with the owner's daughter Claire and discovers some fairly scary stuff onboard the ship. What follows was incredibly captivating and it made me laugh out loud several times. The writing style in this book is incredibly fun! It's very sarcastic and blunt and Jimmy, while incredibly cheeky, is very easy to like, with his no-nonsense attitude towards everything.

I liked that this book showed that you should never underestimate the abilities of younger people and that sometimes they can even do things better than adults. Jimmy and Claire's adventures had me drawn in from the very first page to the very last. I really, really enjoyed it and I cannot wait to get my hands on [b:Cannibal City|2676235|Cannibal City (Titanic 2020 #2)|Colin Bateman|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WPflvK0rL._SL75_.jpg|2701524] to see where the story goes next.

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  nicola26 | Mar 30, 2013 |
dis book was out of this world I really recomend it. ( )
  claytonroos | Dec 13, 2010 |
I enjoyed this book. It is set in the future on the second titanic. A virus is spreading across the earth so there are quite a lot of stowaways going away to stay away from the epedemic. There was a lot of action. ( )
  gomezgirl95 | Feb 14, 2009 |
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