The deck was tilting. Even the passengers who hadn't believed the Titanic could sink were frantic with fear. Barry pushed through the passengers, looking for Pegeen and her brothers, the Flynn boys. They had threatened to throw him overboard when the trip began, but old hostilities had no meaning now. Pegeen and her brothers came from his village in ireland, and now they were trapped behind gates with the other steerage passengers. He wouldn't let them die - not if he could get to them in time. This is a 'Parents' magazine best book of the year.
Reading Level 5
Very good story about some children on the Titanic.
From the back of the book:
The deck was tilting. Even the passengers who hadn't believed the Titanic could sink were frantic with fear. Many of them refused to climb into the lifeboats. Now the lifeboats were gone. The doomed passengers rushed this way and that looking for safety where there was none.
Barry rushed through them, looking for Pegeen and her brothers, the Flynn boys. They had threatened to throw him overboard when the trip began, but old hostilities had no meaning now. Pegeen and her brothers came from Barry's village in Ireland, and now they were trapped behind gates with the other steerage passengers. He wouldn't let them die---not if he could get to them in time.
The deck was tilting. Even the passengers who hadn't believed the Titanic could sink were frantic with fear. Many of them refused to climb into the lifeboats. Now the lifeboats were gone. The doomed passengers rushed this way and that looking for safety where there was none.
Barry rushed through them, looking for Pegeen and her brothers, the Flynn boys. They had threatened to throw him overboard when the trip began, but old hostilities had no meaning now. Pegeen and her brothers came from Barry's village in Ireland, and now they were trapped behind gates with the other steerage passengers. He wouldn't let them die---not if he could get to them in time.
Havent read it name on inside but the book is in good shape
