The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Wolf, Allan

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic

467 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-3703-3 $21.99

(1) YA Wolf's novel in verse gives voice, through first-person accounts, to a cross section of Titanic passengers and crew. Hovering over all is the omniscient "Iceberg," providing a menacing voiceover throughout the narrative. The themes of natural disaster, technology, social class, survival, and death all play out here. Explanatory character notes separate verifiable fact from fiction and address conflicting reports. Websites. Bib.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011