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    Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic
    Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic
    Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic
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    Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic

    By Gregory Mone

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    A stowaway, a stolen book, a murderous villain: an adventure on the most famous shipwreck in history.

    The great ocean liner Titanic is preparing to cross the Atlantic. On board is a sinister thief bent on stealing a rare book that may be the key to unlocking infinite treasure, a wealthy academic traveling home to America with his rare book collection, and Patrick Waters, a twelve-year-old Irish boy who is certain that his job as a steward on the unsinkable ship will be the adventure of a lifetime. In Dangerous Waters, disguises, capers, and danger abound as the ship makes its way toward that fateful iceberg where Patrick will have to summon all his wits in order to survive.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 13, 2012
    ISBN9781429961844
    Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on the Titanic
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    Gregory Mone

    Gregory Mone is a contributing editor at Popular Science magazine. His feature articles have appeared in Wired, Discover, Women's Health, National Geographic Adventure, and The Best American Science Writing 2007. He is also the author of the novel The Wages of Genius. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children.

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      First of all I loved all the different point of views. The characters were very lovable. I really loved James; he seemed like a perfect big brother. Though there were a lot of names to remember in the first two chapters that it can get a little confusing. The book is quite descriptive but it still left me thinking up my own idea of the setting. The Titanic is beautifully described. The book didn't have the amount of suspense as I hoped. It was good, but it definitely didn't blow me away. I wish Greg could had played more with the secret. Go crazy! But everything was just so tone down. I want to feel the rush of fighting the bad guys, I want to feel the air burning in my lungs when the characters are running. I wanted more mind games, more betrayal, more mystery. A good example of a series that contained all that mentioned is the 39 Clues series. It is just a pleasure to read all the books. When I was half way through the book, I kept on wondering what lay in the other half because I felt the first half was just introduction, nothing big happened. I though that Gregory stuffed the second half with the big secrets, but he didn't. Nothing really made me gasp with surprise. Plus I wanted Greg to talked about the poor passengers, and the trimmers. Greg, I think a good book will be a book on the trimmers :) And YA authors, maybe write one with romance in it. :P That I would love to read. When I hit the 75% mark, the Titanic hit the iceberg. Only when the Titanic got hit did I felt an emotion. I panicked because of the dramatic irony in the book. I also almost tear up when I read about how hard working James was. I think I would love to have James as my boyfriend :p. Ok, back to the Titanic. So when the Titanic hit, it got a little bit more suspenseful but I was disappointed at the lack of imagination Greg had. The whole Titanic scene was almost the same as the movie Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio, but even the movie had more action with Rose trying to save the locked up Jack. I do have to say, the ending just made me cry! I wanted to save Titanic from sinking. I wanted to get a boat to save all the passengers. I want to swim to pick all of the poor souls out of the water, but I can't :'(.The epilogue was beautifully written. I wanted to cry even more. :'(If I read this book a few years ago I might had loved it but nowadays I find that there are way more amazing books.Overall, the book was just a little disappointing, 3.5 out of 5.

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    Dangerous Waters - Gregory Mone

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    PRIDE OF BELFAST

    In the kitchen of O’Neill’s, a small alehouse crammed between a funeral parlor and a shoemaker’s shop in the heart of Belfast, young Patrick Waters plunged the last of a night’s worth of glasses into the sink. He dunked it beneath the soapy surface, wiped it once with a rag, rinsed it quickly, and set it to dry on a white towel spread across the counter. Then he stopped, attempted to dry his water-wrinkled hands on his partially-soaked shirt, and listened.

    Patrick, twelve years old and tall, was a very good listener. He could hear whispered words at a great distance, and although there was no scientific reason to suggest this was true, most people who knew him attributed this ability to his embarrassingly large ears. They were big enough for a man twice his size and leaned out, and slightly forward, at the tops, as if they were designed to catch sounds.

    He let his hair grow long enough to cover his ears, yet they still poked out far enough to earn him a handful of undesirable nicknames. Boys at his old school, St. Mark’s, called him Jack the Donkey, and the men at O’Neill’s referred to him as Pegasus, the famous winged horse. Fly off with those gargantuan ears and fetch me another stout, Pegasus! they’d shout laughing.

    Now, with his work for the day finished, Patrick aimed those ears out toward the bar, on the other side of the swinging door leading in and out of the kitchen. The place was nearly empty. Only Mr. Joyce, the barman, and a few customers remained, and they were talking, as they often had in recent weeks, about Titanic, the great ocean liner that was being built right there in Belfast.

    The voices were familiar: the bearlike growl of Mr. McNulty, who owned a small bookstore on Donegall Street; the thick country accent of Mr. Reilly, and, of course, Mr. Joyce’s deep, assured baritone.

    She’s finished! Mr. Reilly declared. Every last rivet is secure.

    John McKeown tells me there’s still painting to be done, Mr. Joyce put in. He always had some scrap of rare information at hand.

    You would save that for last, though, wouldn’t you? Mr. McNulty growled. "Like any lady, Titanic will wait until the last minute to apply her makeup."

    As the men laughed, Patrick tucked in his soap-splattered shirt, grabbed his wool coat and cap, and hurried out of the kitchen. Mr. Joyce, bald and red-faced, with a pencil behind each ear, rested his thick forearms on the dark, square bar. The men sat leaning on the bar before him, each of them halfway through their stouts.

    We are all washed up, Mr. Joyce, Patrick said. Will I be going home now?

    His boss nodded, granting him permission to leave.

    Is it true your brother has a position on the ship? Mr. Reilly asked.

    I wouldn’t know, Patrick answered. He’s been at sea. I haven’t heard from him for months.

    I would guess he’ll be on that ship. I’d expect nothing less from the lad, Mr. Joyce said. Your brother knows well what I’ve told you many times before, Patrick. You must associate yourself with greatness in this life.

    Mr. Reilly looked around the pub, then placed his large hands on the bar. Is this greatness then? he asked with a laugh.

    A bar towel flew his way, but then Mr. Joyce smiled.

    Mr. McNulty raised a glass and tilted it toward Patrick. Be sure to tell your mother that we’ve nearly sold the last of your father’s books. And in only six months! Ah, the collection that man had, he said, turning to Mr. Joyce. The greatest adventures and stories. Stevenson, Kipling, plus the Romans. He was a learned man, John Waters, a true scholar of the street. Though, of course, you wouldn’t know it if you saw him after he’d downed his first few pints of—

    Thank you, Mr. McNulty, Patrick interrupted. "I’ll be sure to let her

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