Titanic Crossing is a fictional story about Albert Trask a thirteen year old boy who takes a trip across the Atlantic ocean on a marvelous new ocean liner called the Titanic. This story takes place in April and May of 1912 and most people today know what happened on that fatal voyage. The tragedy of this event is told through the eyes of Albert who has recently lost his father and his family is moving to Washington, D.C. to a future that not many of them are optimistic about.
Looking at the Titanic story through the eyes of a child is an interesting exercise, but it is not filled with as much drama as one might expect of such a story. The boat does not hit the iceberg until two-thirds of the story has gone past. The action is confined to about two chapters and most of the previous chapters deal with relationship issues between, Albert his mother, uncle, sisters and friends. The book is well written and interesting, but I think it is oriented toward girls more than boys, yet a boy is the main character. I was left a bit confused by this contradiction.
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