Dangerous waters
Subtitle: an adventure on Titanic
By: Gregory Mone
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780545567497; 9780545560092
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Fiction; Conduct of life; Books and reading; Brigands and robbers; Tutors and tutoring; Social classes; Robbers and outlaws; Titanic (Steamship)
Description: Determined to focus on work rather than books, as his father had, twelve-year-old Patrick Waters leaves Belfast as a steward on the Titanic, but the very wealthy Harry Widener arranges to tutor him, drawing Patrick into association with thieves seeking Harry's very rare edition of Francis Bacon's Essays.
Notes: Some editions are available only through the school market.
Table of contents: title: Saved by Cervantes; title: Pride of Belfast; title: A very, very poor idea; title: Sir Francis Bacon's secret; title: City of iron and steel; title: To be properly dressed; title: The demigod of spit; title: Ravenous Mr. Rockwell; title: Trouble in baggage; title: The prize of the hay sale; title: Plotting amid potatoes; title: Merely a book for boys; title: A propensity for toil; title: Harry Widener's school for ill-informed stewards; title: Statesman, scientist, swindler; title: Sir Robin's proposal; title: Unlikely burglar; title: The many faces of Mr. Rockwell; title: Treasure Island's hero; title: The knife would not suffice; title: An inferior creature; title: Stealing from the steam room; title: A smoldering book; title: The key to the cipher; title: The incapable academic; title: Suddenly, oddly silent; title: Swallowing water through the bow; title: No interest in icebergs; title: A noble calling; title: Help will come; title: No goodbyes; title: Until morning at least; title: His great treasure; title: The last of the lifeboats; title: Trapped in a watery vise; title: An unexpected message; title: Epilogue.