1916 by Morgan Llywelyn
Morgan Llywelyn was born in New York City; her parents were Irish and Welsh-Irish. She is an Irish citizen and lives in Ireland year round. The majority of her books cover Ireland and Irish history. Ms. Llywelyn is the only woman to have walked the entire length and width of Ireland. Ned Halloran is on the Titanic with his mother and father. They are going to his sister Kathleen’s wedding. Onboard the ship, Ned meets Dan Duffy, and they become friends. When the ship begins to sink, Duffy and Ned are separated. After a long while, Ned jumps overboard. He was one of 675 survivors brought to New York on the Carpathia. Meanwhile, in New York, Kathleen hears of the disaster through her fiancé Alexander Campbell. Alexander worked for the White Star Line, the company that owned the Titanic. Kathleen is very worried about her family. She finds her brother’s name, but not her parents’ names, on a list of survivors. While in New York, Ned was so taken aback by the tragedy that he cannot take in the sounds and sights of America. He is shell-shocked by the greatest experience of his life so far. Ned finally builds up the inner courage to go back to Ireland. He
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Approximate Word count = 954
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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