![]() ![]() When Hazel and Sylvia are locked in a cargo hold, the stakes seem very high. Hazel herself has an opportunity to observe human nature at close range, as she realizes both of her friends may be the targets of thieves and tries to intervene. These include the nature of icebergs, the refraction of light on calm seas, and the construction of the Titanic and its preparedness for emergencies. Hazel’s determined and occasionally inopportune questions allow Nielsen to deftly deliver myriad details that point to the looming disaster. ![]() ![]() Hazel dreads the thought of the factory and wishes to be a journalist-an aspiration that reflects her questioning, curious personality. Abelman, a former governess, befriend her. Sylvia, a first-class passenger Hazel’s age, and Mrs. She sneaks aboard inside another passenger’s trunk, and a young crewman finds her an empty cabin to stow away in. Hazel is bound for factory work in America, leaving behind the family farm. Twelve-year-old narrator Hazel Rothbury arrives in Southampton on April 10, 1912, only to discover she doesn’t have enough money for a ticket. ![]()
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