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Name of Book: Remembering the Titanic Author: Diane Hoh ISBN: 0-590-87585-x Publisher: Scholastic Part of a Series: Titanic Duology; prequel, Titanic the long night Type of book: 1913, young adult, post traumatic stress disorder, Titanic, coping with tragedy Year it was published: 1998 Summary: It has been one year since that fateful night on the Titanic. For the survivors, it is a constant struggle with grief and shock, and thoughts of those who didn't survive. Though he refuses to speak about the terrible night on the dark sea, Kati Hanrahan thinks Patrick "Paddy" Kelleher is happy. But Paddy can't stop thinking about what more he could have done to save his brother Brian's life. Max has embraced life as an artist but he's losing patience with Elizabeth, who is having trouble finding her independence. When Elizabeth sees the dark brooding paintings that he's been working on furiously, she knows that he is wrestling with the same p...

Name of Book: Titanic The Long Night Author: Diane Hoh ISBN: 0-590-33123-X Publisher: Scholastic Part of a Series: Titanic Duology: Remembering the Titanic next Type of book: Titanic, first class, third class, April 1912, young adult Year it was published: 1998 Summary: Who will survive the long night? Everyone thought the RMS Titanic could never sink. But when it struck a huge iceberg just before midnight on April 14th, 1912, the helpless passengers found out they were wrong. Beautiful Elizabeth Farr and dashing Max Whittaker in the first class...Brian and Patrick Kelleher and pretty red-haired Kathleen Hanrahan in steerage...Everyone is faced with biting cold and chruning black waters, tilting lifeboats and pathetic screams. Some will live, but more than fifteen hundred will die on that disastrous night. Will Elizabeth, Max, and Kathleen be among the survivors? Characters: The characters are painted vividly and aren't easily forgettable, although I ...