S.O.S. Titanic

by Eve Bunting

Book Overview

Irish teenager Barry O'Neill is journeying to New York on the Titanic's fateful maiden voyage. He's homesick and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in steerage, who have threatened to throw him... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152002715
• ISBN13: 9780152002718
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

SOS TITANIC

SOS Titanic is a great, quick read if you enjoy books about the Titanic. It was written by Eve Bunting. It gave me mixed emotions because I knew that the ship was going to sink, but I did not know which characters were going to die. I would give this book a five star rating. This is a great story about survival and a test to see who your true friens are. Should Barry,the main character, try to save himself, or try to save the third class passangers who are locked down below? Saving the third class passangers would mean that he probably would not get to the lifeboats on time.Will Barry risk it and save his friends, or will he try to save his own skin?

The Best fictional Titanic Book

I stumbled upon this book when I was in the fifth grade, and have loved it ever since. I have always had a special interest in the Titanic, and try to learn as much as I can. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the Titanic, or anyone who is looking for a good, action-packed read.Barry O'Neill is a 15-year-old Irish boy traveling to America to live with his parents, who have been in China for a good many years. Barry is traveling with Mr. Scollins, a 19-year-old jeweler opening a branch in New York. Also traveling on the Titanic are Jonnie and Frank Flynn, his archenimies, along with their sister Pegeen. Barry eventually has a crush on the red-haired beauty. Barry also meets on the ship a man named Howard, who always is complaining about how unsafe and doomed the ship is. Mr. Watley, the cabin steward, fortells doom for the luxury liner. Sure enough, on the night of April 14, the ship strikes an iceberg. Who will perish? Who will survive? Read the book and find out.

Great story on historical fiction!

The SOS Titanic is a heartwarming story based on the voyage of the ship Titanic. On April 10, 1912, the Titanic picked up voyagers from Queenstown, Ireland on its way to New York. Barry O'Neill, age 15, is the main character that will be reuniting with his parents in New York. On the voyage, Barry is watched over by Mr. Scollins, a jeweler who is opening a branch of his company in New York. The only other passengers that Barry knew were Jonnie, Frank, and Pegeen Flynn. Barry knew that Jonnie and Frank had been troublemakers in Queenstown, so in order for him to make it to New York safely that he must stay away from them. While on the ship, Barry met many new people. The most important of his new friends were Mr. Watley and Pegeen. Mr. Watley was Barry's and Mr. Scollins cabin steward. Throughout the story, he and Barry became close friends. Pegeen is also a new friend. They met one night when Barry was watching the steerage passengers dancing and having a party. He accidentally dropped his grandfather's glove down below so he went to retrieve it. Frank and Jonnie saw him while he was trying to get it and they and started a fight. Pegeen retrieved the glove for Barry and sent word through Mr. Watley for Barry to meet her so she could return it. From that point on, Barry and Pegeen were friends. One night, before Barry went to sleep, Mr. Watley confided in Barry that a disaster was going to happen during their voyage. As predicted, the Titanic collided with an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, just a few days after their voyage began. The crew immediately began to load the lifeboats, first class women and children first. After much reluctance, people began to realize that the "Unsinkable Ship", was actually going to sink. Barry was able to leave the frantic scene to find Pegeen. After much searching through the flooded ship, he was able to find her where all the rest of the steerage passengers were. Pegeen and Barry decided that the only way to live is to jump into the ice-cold water. After being separated for a moment, they manage to find each other and swim to an overturned lifeboat. They were exhausted, but just a few hours after the Titanic sank, the Carpathia came and rescued them. Pegeen and Barry both survive the journey to New York, each to start a new life.

The Unsinkable.............or not

The book SOS Titanic was very exciting and put chills up my spine. Barry goes on the Titanic to live with his parents in New York. Barry travels with the Flynn boys and their sister Pegeen, who are all from Ireland. The boys are always hurting Barry because he had a crush on Pegeen. When the ship hit the iceberg chaos erupted. Barry couldn't find Pegeen and the boat was sinking rapidly. In the end it is love that helps them find each other. Once they finally get saved they are both happy and they realize that love is very powerful.I chose the book Titanic because I have always had an interest in the different point of views of the actual happening. Everybody always exaggerates the story, and makes it sound like a love story, but this book seemed to focus most on the action portion. I may like romantic movies, but never enjoyed romantic books. The action in this book kept me on the edge of my seat with all of the descriptive words. I wanted a book that made me feel like I was actually there and my friend Heidi told me that this is what I was looking for. I took the advice and read the book. That was one decision that I do not regret. My favorite part in this book was when Barry was looking over the deck to the poop deck to see Pegeen. He turned around because a man was looking at him and he hit a poll. The next thing he noticed was that his favorite glove was gone. He really wanted to go down and find the glove his grandpa gave him because it is important to him. While he was going down the steps the Flynn brothers saw him looking at Pegeen and they hurt him. Pegeen stood up to her brothers and helped Barry. She was so nice to Barry and they totally love each other.

It was an excellant book!

I loved this book for many different reasons. What I most liked about is it wasn't all about the sinking of the titanic. It tells about if you were acually on the titanic what it would be like. The only thing is most it is fiction. There was no person named Barry, or the Flynn boys. What I also liked is how you could thell where everyone was. The writer didn't tell about one person at a time and leave everyone else hanging in space. I wouldn't sugest this book to people who are trying to find the history of the Titanic. Over all it was a very good book with a lot of twists and turns and you can acually fell like you were on the titanic. Like I said, if you are trying to find the history do not read this book, but if you are into adolesent drama and want to know what it felt like to acually be on the titanic, this book is for you.