Valora Luck sneaks onto the Titanic using her acrobatic skills. Her twin brother, Jamie, is working on the Titanic, shoveling coal. Disguisng herself as her deceased employer, Mrs. Sloane, Valora uses her status to convince a circus manager to hire her as circus performer. Will she be able to convince Jamie to leave his dependable job and join her in America? With the Chinese Exclusion Act, admittance may prove even more challenging.
The story is told in first-person, present tense. Present tense was a bit different for me, but after I read the book, I understood why the author chose this tense. I did not connect to Valora; I liked Jamie better. I also did not like the ending. The inclusion how the Chinese were treated during this time period was eye-opening. Ms. Lee incorporated a lot of figurative language that was well executed.
Categorized as "young adult".
Warnings: a few swear words, Valora thinks someone wants her to work at a brothel but is mistaken, a minor character who interacts with Valora throughout the story is most likely a lesbian (the term is never used-just hints-Jamie was not her "type" and that she had no interest in men), beliefs about the afterlife and heaven, Valora has strong romantic feelings for Bo
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