Nielsen imagines what that journey could have been like for a young stowaway. More than 110 years since its tragic sinking, people still clamor to hear stories about the unsinkable ship that was taken out by an iceberg. There’s something about the Titanic that draws people in. 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. 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. 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. 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.īut 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. Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone from her home in England aboard the celebrated ship Titanic. Nielsen, Scholastic Press, March 7, 2023, Hardcover, $17.99 (ages 8-12)Ī young stowaway onboard the Titanic uncovers a dastardly plot in Iceberg, a new middle-grade novel by Jennifer A.
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