Personal Response:
I read the book The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis. It was an interesting, historical, and informative book. Overall, I thought it was very good and exciting to learn about history.
Plot:
Throughout this story there were a lot of very interesting things that happened in the plot. George, his Aunt Daisy, and his sister Phoebe were on a trip home to the USA on the ship the “Titanic”. George was a very curious young boy and he loved to explore the ship and know everything about it. They met Mr. Andrews, the ship's architect, and he showed them the blueprints. Mr. Andrews told George about the secret escape ladders throughout the ship. George also learned from a wealthy business man that there was a mummy aboard the …show more content…
George told the thief about how valuable the mummy was and when the thief went to open the crate the ship struck an iceberg. George had time to escape from the thief. He went back to his suite but his sister was nowhere to be found. George knew that she must have went to look for him. George and his Aunt quickly put warm clothes on and went to find Phoebe. The went to the where the luggage was but in the hall there were hundreds of passengers trying to get to the top floor to escape the sinking ship. They couldn't find her but they found George’s italian friends Marco and his young son Enzo. Enzo could scream very loud so Marco put him on his shoulders and he started to scream, “PHOEBE!”. Phoebe heard Enzo and came running to them. They could not get back upstairs because the guard locked the door so there was not to many people trying to get on the lifeboats. George remembered the secret ladders and he took Marco, Enzo, Phoebe and he is Aunt Daisy to it and they climbed to the top floor. They rushed to the lifeboat but the guard said only women and children. Aunt Daisy, Phoebe, and Enzo climbed in, as soon as George went to climb in the guard said no more room and
I read the book The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis. It was an interesting, historical, and informative book. Overall, I thought it was very good and exciting to learn about history.
Plot:
Throughout this story there were a lot of very interesting things that happened in the plot. George, his Aunt Daisy, and his sister Phoebe were on a trip home to the USA on the ship the “Titanic”. George was a very curious young boy and he loved to explore the ship and know everything about it. They met Mr. Andrews, the ship's architect, and he showed them the blueprints. Mr. Andrews told George about the secret escape ladders throughout the ship. George also learned from a wealthy business man that there was a mummy aboard the …show more content…
George told the thief about how valuable the mummy was and when the thief went to open the crate the ship struck an iceberg. George had time to escape from the thief. He went back to his suite but his sister was nowhere to be found. George knew that she must have went to look for him. George and his Aunt quickly put warm clothes on and went to find Phoebe. The went to the where the luggage was but in the hall there were hundreds of passengers trying to get to the top floor to escape the sinking ship. They couldn't find her but they found George’s italian friends Marco and his young son Enzo. Enzo could scream very loud so Marco put him on his shoulders and he started to scream, “PHOEBE!”. Phoebe heard Enzo and came running to them. They could not get back upstairs because the guard locked the door so there was not to many people trying to get on the lifeboats. George remembered the secret ladders and he took Marco, Enzo, Phoebe and he is Aunt Daisy to it and they climbed to the top floor. They rushed to the lifeboat but the guard said only women and children. Aunt Daisy, Phoebe, and Enzo climbed in, as soon as George went to climb in the guard said no more room and