Iceberg
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
Jennifer A. Nielsen
As disaster looms on the horizon, a young stowaway onboard the Titanic will need all her courage and wits to stay alive. A thrilling tale from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen!Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone from her home in England aboard the celebrated ship Titanic. Following the untimely death of her father, Hazel’s mother is sending her to the US to work in a factory, so that she might send money back home to help her family make ends meet.But Hazel harbors a secret dream: She wants to be a journalist, and she just knows that if she can write and sell a story about the Titanic's maiden voyage, she could earn enough money to support her family and not have to go to a sweatshop. When Hazel discovers that mother didn’t send her with enough money for a ticket, she decides she must stow away onboard the storied ship.With the help of a porter named Charlie and a sweet first-class passenger named Sylvia, Hazel explores the opulent ship in secret, but a haunting mystery quickly finds her. The danger only intensifies when calamity strikes, and readers will be caught up in the terror and suspense alongside Hazel as she fights to save her friends and herself.Bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen weaves an extraordinary tapestry of survival and disaster in this magnificent thriller.
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Author
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Pages
352
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published Date
2023-03-07
ISBN
1338795031 9781338795035
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"A decent alternative view to the Titanic story. This is a bit of an investigative piece that has many true elements to it. The fact or fiction piece at end of story shared some interesting info. "
Joe H
"Finished on 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️"
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Rachel B
"I really, REALLY wanted to like this book. I’ve had my eye on it since it released. Nielsen is an extremely talented writer. First, I was hooked on her Ascendance Series, then I read A Night Divided and was astounded with her historical fiction as well. And as many of us did, I sure had my Titanic phase I never quite grew out of. But this was an unfortunate disappointment. <br/><br/>It was so on the nose. The entire time. And so convenient. Our main character talked about nothing but the ship and its ability to sink and how she just knew it was going to hit an iceberg after she did a TON of iceberg research. The whole time, I was thinking, no WAY is a 12-year-old this dedicated, nor do I think she would really think about this as a huge danger. Even if she is a journalist wannabe. I couldn’t stand page after page of her sinking feelings and iceberg studies and ship research.<br/><br/>And the characters were just caricatures. You have the cartoony villains who aren’t really threatening at all, the rich girl who immediately sees poor girl mc and basically says, “You’re gonna be my best friend now,” the poor boy with a sacrificial heart of gold, and the list goes on.<br/><br/>I especially have to talk about boy in question. He sacrificed himself again and again for mc Hazel, who makes reckless decisions all the time. Why would he like her? His job (and his family’s well-being) is constantly at risk. It made no sense to me. And as the book trekked on, his reactions and actions felt very flat and unrealistic.<br/><br/>Overall, I’m sorry I found this book so disappointing. It will certainly not keep me from reading Nielsen’s other books, but this is a sad miss for me."
Charis Negley