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is a fictional tale but one that truly makes you think about the movie version that we have all seen, the sinking of the titanic is something that most of us have forgotten but this story about a real girl on the ship really gives a new perspective about what happened that fateful nite.
a good kids book too, my mom got it for me a long time ago and i reread it and it was still amazing, Although the Titanic'sth anniversary has come and gone, it's a story that never grows old, As James Cameron's Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet entrances a new audience now viewing it in theaters inD and countless television specials and books continue to be released, the tragic tale of man's arrogance and nature's power still intrigues the public.


Margaret Ann Brady is an orphan living at St, Abernathy's Orphanage for Girls in Whitechapel, London, England, Her older brother William has gone to America a few years earlier, after both their parents died, One day she is offered passage to join her brother by a wealthy American woman who will be sailing on Titanic's maiden voyage.
Margaret agrees and her adventure begins, On board the ship she meets interesting characters, sees how high society lives and becomes friends with a cabin steward by the name of Robert.


Every detail of the magnificent sailing vessel is described in Margaret's diary from the enormous black funnels of the steam engines to the intricately folded napkins on the dinner tables.
Margaret learns what caviar and wine taste like, as well as what it feels like to wear satin dresses and fancy evening gloves.


The diary of Margaret Ann Brady even explains what it was ike from the moment firstclass passengers felt a slight 'jarring in their beds' to that terrible moment those in the lifeboats watched the broken ship sink beneath the icy waters of the north Atlantic.


So many lives were lost in the horrific events of April,that no matter how many times one reads about it, there is always one more story to discover.
This book is written for readers agesand up, however, adults will likely enjoy it as well,


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sitelink examiner. com/review/review This is another one of those books which I read several years ago, and finally picked up again,
Yes, I remembered it perfectly,
Yes, I cried again, This book wrecked me. It's so utterly heartbreaking. These middle grade diaries are lovely in general, but specifically this one hit me really hard, It made me cry a lot, especially during the Titanic tragedy, Absolutely couldn't put it down,

As always, have to note how wonderful these books are for kids, It's only as an adult that I realize how much history I actually learned from them, Margaret is an orphan who gets a position as a traveling companion for Mrs, Carstairs who is traveling on the Titanic's maiden voyage, She hopes to reunite with her brother open arriving in America, The story, as all Dear America's stories are told, is through diary entries, We see the opulence and class distinctions through her eyes as her life in East End London changes for the better, Until, of course, the tragedy that occurs on the voyage,

The author is good at giving a feel for the ship and its passengers and crew and the horror of that fateful night.
The book includes a timeline and facts about survivors and victims of the night,

My only criticism would be the voice of the book seemed older and more well educated than that of ayear old girl from a Whitechapel orphanage.
When Margaret Ann Brady was seven years old, her father died, and her mother died not long after, Eventually, her brother left her at an orphanage in London and immigrated to America, hoping to find a good job there so that he could later pay for Margarets passage to America and they could be reunited.
When Margaret is thirteen, in the spring of, she gets the opportunity to travel to America and join her brother in Boston, in a different way than expected.
Mrs. Carstairs, a wealthy American woman, is returning home on the maiden voyage of the R, M. S. Titanic, and wants a companion to keep her company during the voyage, She hires Margaret to be her companion, with passage to America as her payment,

First class on a ship like the Titanic is full of wonders to a young girl like Margaret, who grew up in poverty in a workingclass neighborhood in London and later in an orphanage.
She enjoys exploring the ship and meets Robert, a handsome young steward working on the ship, But the excitement of the voyage turns to tragedy when the Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks,

I read this book when it was first published years ago as part of the Dear America series, which is now being rereleased for a new generation of readers.
This book wasnt one of my top favorites from the series, since I was a bit sick of Titanic books at the time it was originally published shortly after the Titanic movie was released.
However, it is still a very enjoyable read, and both new and old fans of the Dear America series are sure to enjoy it.
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R, M. S. TitanicDear America Series I loved these books when I was younger so when a friend donated a bucket of books to my classroom and I saw this one in there, I read it for old times sake.
I still love it! Myyearold niece, Allison, is currently obsessed with the Titanic, so I picked this book up for her birthday.
I thought I'd give it a quick read before I passed it along to her,

I can't say this this was the most engaging book I've ever read, Though the main character, Margaret, was well developed, I didn't necessarily feel like I got to know the other characters very well, That's not too shocking, though, for a book for this age group, and I doubt my niece will

care, There was a lot of background and descriptive info on the time period and the Titanic in particular, The choice of having a lower class girl travelling with the first class passengers was a good one, as it allowed the author to showcase specific class differences at the time.
Especially poignant, as always, was the gross differences in loss of life when the Titanic sank,

Overall, I think my niece will enjoy this one, and hopefully it will be a good gateway into her wanting to read more and learn more about history.
Of the Titanic story, I always find it most difficult to get through reading or hearing about the crew who sacrificed their lives.
What amazes me most is that the band selflessly played through the entire ordeal without rushing to the lifeboats and trying to save themselves.
If there was one thing I could do with my musical career, it would be to play in a time like that to try to keep a panicky audience calm.
. . The cooks, the stewards, the entrie crew and of course the captain went down with the ship, Sometimes heroic acts aren't fighting in a bloody war but making the most of what you've gotunfortunately in the case of the Titanic, there wasn't much that they had.


At first, I thought that the theme of the Titanic wasn't appropriate for a Dear America book after rereading it, however, I remember that the overall goal was to get to America, and there were several key American characters.
The book was wellwritten and interesting, as well as descriptive, A good read. 'Robert let out his breath, "You know, you never told me how old you are, Margaret, "
"I will be fourteen in October," I said, Except that now I was unlikely to see October,
"For me, it would have been seventeen in August," Robert said,
Would have been God help us, '.
After reading this line, I said "I am not going to cry, I will not make a fool of myself, I will not cry in a bus, in front of my friends.
" But still, I did. I made a fool of myself while my friends were watching me like I was a runaway gorilla from a zoo, But I have no regrets, I now hold the record of crying in the most absurd places and all kind of transport vehicles.



So congratulate me! Ok!, ok, I know I am quite talkative, now, . . back to the book.
Now, I come to the legendary tale of Titanic, the story which many authors have tried to reimagine and write for readers.
But, many few of them succeeded, and this book definitely did,
While reading it, I discarded everything going around me, I was happy being in theth century than in thisst one, Although I don't think I would be able to survive without my kindle and headphones, But still living in different era for a day or two was good, I went to the Titanic and lived there and survived the danger myself, Although this book is not based on a real person, It is very true to the core, After reading it, all I could think about was Titanic, Titanic, Titanic, . .
It rings with true history events and has true feelings to the very core, And if you're a imaginative reader, the story is bound to make all the scenes float before your eyes, I literally cried when it happened with Robert I guess I will not spoil you,
In one sentence: Stunning book, amazing words, captivating story, great author,

So yes indeed, while author Ellen Emerson White has certainly done her research on the Titanic disaster and presents with both main protagonist and narrator Margaret Ann Bradys fictional diary and in the supplemental historical information section of her Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady an in my opinion generally factually sound and realistic sounding account including how Margaret Ann Brady and other first class passengers, and yes even though working class Margaret is travelling as a paid companion to rich American socialite Mrs.
Carstairs, can always and easily visit every part of the Titanic while second class and steerage passengers are forbidden to do so, are basically made to stay in their socalled place, with tragic results especially for the steerage passengers once the Titanic hits that ice berg and starts sinking, I do have to admit that I also have found Margarets narrative voice much too mature for her age and her fictional journal entries not really all that diarylike either, but more like I am reading a schoollike book report.


For while what Ellen Emerson White has her first person narrator Margaret Ann Brady write about is definitely factually interesting and also gives a very detailed description of Margaret's voyage on the Titanic from the fun and delightful beginning until when after the horrifying shipwreck survivor Margaret arrives in Boston and is finally reunited with her brother William, the way the diary entries themselves are penned, they are not only much too wordy, but also really lacking in emotion and feeling rather majorly textbook like in scope and nature, giving us as readers an interesting enough factual perusal but also not making me ever within the pages of Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady feel all that emotionally close to her, to Margaret.
Because yes indeed, the entire fictional diary, it really does feel to and for me as though Margaret Ann Brady is simply and without all that much depth of feeling presenting her journal as something like an academic article or treatise and even the parts of Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady that deal with the ship sinking, the massive loss of life and Margarets own survivors guilt really do not feel all that authentically emotional to and for me.


Still recommended for how realistic and historically accurate Ellen Emerson Whites printed words are, but yes, with regard to authenticity of voice and making her fictional diarist into a real and personable narrator, I do personally very much think that Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady does in my opinion leave quite a bit to be desired.
So I guess I'm a minority with this one, I was not as impressed or touched as the other reviewers with this book, It could be that I've already read so many different accounts of the Titanic that I've become desensitized, but it's more than that.


I felt like the storyline of the book was very similar to the movie, This is supposed to be a first person account of the disaster, as Margaret keeps a diary of her journey, So in theory, a first person account of the Titanic sinking is supposed to pull on your heartstrings and emotions way more than usual.
It didn't though.

The whole storyline with Margaret luckily getting a free ride aboard the Titanic and then meeting Robert and so on reminded me so much of Jack and Rose from the film that it didn't interest me in the least.
I'm one of those people who ball their eyes out every time they watch the film, and who felt such deep grief and sadness when visiting the Maritime Museum in Liverpool and seeing the remains of this terrible tragedy and yet here I was, reading a first person account and I couldn't wait for it to be over.


It always is interesting reading about a historical event, and that is why I've given it two, but this was definitely not the best spin to experiencing the disaster.
In fact, the part I enjoyed most was at the end where they included actual facts and images as well as the timeline of the disaster.


The book claimed that I would "experience history firsthand with a series of vividly imagined accounts of life in the past" and I didn't.
But this is only the first book in the 'My Story' series, and I have a soft spot for the Titanic, so perhaps I'm a little more critical of this book because of that.
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