Synopsis
"Your future lies beyond a mountain of ice, where you will die, and live again." The wisewoman's prophecy disturbs Miranda, a maidservant who bears an uncanny resemblance to her rich and arrogant mistress, Amanda Whitwell. Thrust into a tangled web of lies by Amanda, Miranda watches helplessly as one fateful night, a prophecy once foretold becomes reality . . . aboard the Titanic. Richard Peck's newly abridged edition of his popular adult novel is an enthralling adventure that will capture the reader's imagination.
"A sure winner . . . A charming novel, full of mistaken identity, thwarted love and sweet revenge."
-Booklist
"The kind of page turner that has rainy days and summer reading written all over it."
-The Horn Book
Children's Literature
A wise woman prophesied that eighteen-year-old Mary Cooke's future was beyond a mountain of ice, where she would die and then live again. This was just as she began service at the lavish Whitwall Hall, where her young and headstrong mistress, Amanda, renames her Miranda. Both girls share a striking resemblance to one another, but their personalities divide them. Miranda has a quiet efficiency about her and her mistress connives to arrange a marriage for her with her own lover, John Thorne. Thus Amanda is able to make sure that she will not need to give up John, although she is to be married to another man. Both young women are aboard the Titanic when disaster strikes and only one will survive. Peck's abridged version of his novel of the same name will surely capture readers of adventure and romance. His style and skill weave a fast-paced tale. Note that a reference to an out-of-wedlock child by one of the servants is included. 1999 (orig.