Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912
by Ellen Emerson White
Dear America (1912. Disasters: RMS Titanic), Dear America Re-issue - Publication Order (4), Dear America - Publication Order (11), Dear America Collections (Dear America: 20th Cen. Immigration, 1912), My Story: Girls (1912), My Story (UK) (1912), My Story (1912)
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In her diary in 1912, thirteen-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the Titanic, and experiences its sinking.Tags
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JalenV Very good story about a girl who has a psychic visit to the sinking of the Titanic and learns a terrible secret.
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This is probably the strongest My Story title I've read so far. Margaret Anne has more backbone than a lot of the series's other narrators, and her likeable, genuine voice brings necessary moments of wit to a story that we know won't end particularly happily. Her reaction to the ship's fate and the way it's handled is emotional and believable, and had me close to tears.
Margaret Ann Brady is embarking on a journey to America. She is an orphan and they take the Titanic to get there. Unfortunately, she is faced with many challenges to overcome. The Titanic does not make it to America because it sinks, but luckily Margaret is among the few survivors. Margaret is a fictional character, but the circumstance in this story are based on true events. The author did a great job with making the book intriguing and understandable to younger readers. I loved this book because of my love of history and I know students will find it a great read too!
Summary: This book follows Margaret who is an orphan living in London. She is granted an opportunity to join a wealthy woman on the Titanic, and she accepts because she wants to travel to America to be reunited with her brother. Margaret doesn't fit in very well with her traveling companion and her friends and discovers that it is easier to talk to the people who work on the ship. Margaret tells us about the devastating events that unfolded when the ship began to sink, and her struggle to come to terms with her survival.
Reactions: The descriptions of day to day life on the ship were really interesting. I've often wondered what it would have been like to be on such an extravagant ship, and this book does a really good job of detailing show more that. Margaret is easy to relate to, and the small romantic plot between her and Robert is sweet and so sad.
Classroom Extensions: 1. Have the kids write a journal article pretending that they were invited on the Titanic, have them write their feelings and say what they think their favorite part of the ship would have been (if it wouldn't have ended the way it did)
2. Learn more about the Titanic show less
Reactions: The descriptions of day to day life on the ship were really interesting. I've often wondered what it would have been like to be on such an extravagant ship, and this book does a really good job of detailing show more that. Margaret is easy to relate to, and the small romantic plot between her and Robert is sweet and so sad.
Classroom Extensions: 1. Have the kids write a journal article pretending that they were invited on the Titanic, have them write their feelings and say what they think their favorite part of the ship would have been (if it wouldn't have ended the way it did)
2. Learn more about the Titanic show less
I'm reading the Dear America series for the first time at the age of 27, so I know I'm far from the age of the target audience, but I have to say this book was excellent. I love the diary format and am excited to continue on to other books.
I absolutely loved reading this book. I like the way it is written as though you are inside the persons head. You are able to see what is happening from Ann's point of view. I also loved the images from the Titanic and the timeline at the end to help me further understand the events that occurred. The message of this story is to not give up, keep going even though there might seem like there's no escape.
An unconvincing diary of a young companion engaged by a wealthy woman returning without her husband on the Titanic. It is part travelogue, part social commentary lite.
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 show more 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 book to fans of the Dear America series, historical fiction, and of course, the Titanic! show less
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Dear America - Publication Order
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- Canonical title
- Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912
- Original title
- Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912
- Alternate titles
- Titanic: An Edwardian Girl's Diary 1912; The Titanic
- Original publication date
- 1998
- People/Characters
- Margaret Ann Brady; Sister Mary Gregoria; William Brady; Sister Catherine; Sister Celeste; Mrs. Carstairs (show all 14); Mr. McDougal; Kieran McDougal; Nora; Sister Eulalia; Florence (a dog); Frederick Carstairs; Hortense; Mabel
- Important places
- Titanic (ship); Carpathia (ship); Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic Ocean
- Important events
- Gilded Age; Sinking of the Titanic (1912-04-14 | 1912-04-15)
- Dedication
- For Holly
- First words
- I feel rather a fool writing down my thoughts, but this evening, Sister Catherine made the very firm suggestion that I start keeping a diary - and handed me a brand-new tablet from the supply closet for that very purpose.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She died peacefully in her sleep in 1994, at the age of ninety-five.
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