Thirteen-year-old Noelle feels like the luckiest girl in the world to be
cruising the Atlantic aboard the famed Titanic. The trip is made even
better by her new friend, Pauline, a girl who is traveling with her
father to live in America. The girls spend the first days of the journey
exploring, but on the fifth night, Noelle awakes to a sinking ship.
Women and children will be rescued first, and Noelle realizes motherless
Pauline will be left all alone. Despite her parents' wishes, Noelle
breaks away from her family to find and help her friend. Nonfiction
information, a gloassary, and reader response questions make up the back
matter of this Girls Survive story.