Then one night the unthinkable happens, and suddenly Val’s dreams of a new life are crushed under the weight of the only thing that matters: survival. But the clock is ticking as the ship makes its way across the Atlantic, and she has just seven days to find Jamie, perform for the circus owner, and convince him to help get them both into America. Thankfully, there’s not much a trained acrobat like Val can’t overcome when she puts her mind to it.Īs a stowaway, Val should keep her head down and stay out of sight. Penguin Random House, New York, NY, 2021. LUCK OF THE TITANIC Stacey Lee From the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl comes the richly imagined story of Valora and Jamie Luck, twin British-Chinese acrobats traveling aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage. Her twin brother, Jamie, who has spent two long years at sea, is there, as is an influential circus owner whom Val hopes to audition for. The ship hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage. As children, Val and Jamie performed acrobatics to bring in money during lean times, dreaming of one day becoming circus stars. The Titanic is one of the most iconic stories from that time and everybody knows what happened. LUCK OF THE TITANIC by Stacey Lee RELEASE DATE: Seventeen-year-old Valora Luck boards the Titanic in search of her twin brotherand destiny. Much to her surprise, though, she’s turned away at the gangway apparently, Chinese aren’t allowed into America.īut Val has to get on that ship. Luck of the Titanic is a historical fiction that tells the story of the Luck twins aboard the Titanic on its first and last journey across the ocean. Valora Luck has two things: a ticket for the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, and a dream of leaving England behind and making a life for herself as a circus performer in New York.

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