Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
EAN num: 9780590331234
ISBN number: 059033123X
Label: Scholastic
Manufacturer: Scholastic
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 373
Printing Date: 1998-02
Publishing house: Scholastic
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 636691
Studio: Scholastic
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This action-packed big summer read focuses on the lives of several teenage passengers aboard the ill-fated 'Titanic'.
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This book and the second are the best books ever. there very entertaining and i was mad when they were over.But i did find the alike with JAmes Camrons Titanic But who cares
Favorite Character:Elizabeth Farr
publication date:1998
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The author of the book obviously does not have a very good idea any historic aspect of the time period. The author also had very, very poorly developed characters. Elizabeth wanted to major in literature. However, not once did it mention her reading or writing anything, past or present. Nor was she ever mention anything scholarly coming out of her mouth at all. Yet, we find latter that she scored high grades which means she is SUPPOSED to be smart. The Irish group was not as horribly developed, but they still lacked major development. The author's gain was nothing more than two overly simple love stories. It's quite probable that this book is a rip of the movie Titanic. However, the stories one finds in novels and movies about the Titanic seem to have many similarities among them.
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I picked this novel up way back in elementary school at a book fair. I'm in college now, and it's still on my desk shelf back home (I'm a little sad that I keep forgetting to bring it with me!). The Long Night is one of those books that you can read over and over again because, in my opinion, you get so attached to these characters that you don't want to let them go.
Even if the relationship between Elizabeth and Max seems slightly reminiscent of Jack and Rose, the story of Katie, Paddy and those in both very first class and steerage give a good parallel for comparison. In fact, one could even sat that it is the side characters that help make the story good and believable, be it the vanity of Nola Farr, the selfishness of Eileen, the tragic bravery of both Martin Farr and Brian, or the innocence of Kevin and Bridley amidst the horror.
All in all I recommend this book to younger readers (or those young at heart) who want a book that stays with them long after the last page is finished.
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I wanted to like this novel, but I couldn't get past what seemed like plagiarism of James Cameron's screenplay for the movie Titanic. There are some differences between the book and the movie, but a few snippets of dialogue seem as if they were taken straight from the movie. The heroine's dilemma and her artist lover will also seem oddly familiar, as well as the relationship between her and her parents. There are also a few scenes that moviegoers might find quite similar. By the way, this book came out one year after the movie. Coincidence?
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Two young women, an American daughter of wealth (Elizabeth) and an Irish immigrant (Katie), travel on the doom-fated Titanic. On board, they sort out tangled love affairs with a roguish playboy in steerage (for Katie) and a painter who plans to refuse his parents' wishes in very first class (for Elizabeth). Elizabeth fights with her parents about her future, while Katie is already a strong willed feminist. While the plot isn't spectacular, the prose is decent, and--best of all--it isn't overly preachy (about the culture of the time or the mistakes of the ship) or contrived, but very historically accurate. Some parts of the whining teenager and description get overly long, but the characters and their human dramas are moving enough to be engaging. In my opinion, the best part is that the author conveyed the feelings on board as the ship sinks with accuracy rarely seen in Titanic fiction. The emotion is restrained, but nether-the-less there, as would be accurate for Edwardian society. The infamous lines, like "you've lost your beautiful jewelry" are more appropriately credited to psychological shock. The logical hope of another ship coming to rescue them and the deep fear of being in a lonely, cold lifeboat on the open sea is so perfectly portrayed (and oddly rarely in other works), one can't help but understand what went through the minds of those passengers. Grade: A-
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