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Distant Waves

Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic

By Suzanne Weyn

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Grades 6 - 8

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 5

Lexile Measure®: 790L

DRA: 70

Guided Reading: Z

Type of Book: Chapter Book

Genre

  • Historical Fiction

Theme/Subject

  • Women's History and Experience
  • Romantic Relationships

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Jane and her sisters grow up in a community of spiritualists, their mother being the most prominent. Chased by their pasts and drawn toward a more hopeful future, these four sisters embark on the journey of their lives aboard the Titanic.

One is going to have her wedding during the ocean voyage. Another has become involved in a feat of scientific intrigue that has the potential to alter the course of history. All of them feel out of place. And at least one of them will soon find herself out of time.

As she did with her epic love story. Suzanne Weyn weaves fact, fiction, and fate into a novel that teen readers won't be able to put down.

He took hold of my hand and together we hurried to a spot near the band where other couples held one another close and did a bouncy sort of strut in unison. "I have to put my arm around your waist; is that okay?" he checked.

I hoped to high heaven that I wasn't blushing as I nodded that it was fine; much better than fine. He held me so close that we were cheek to cheek, ankle to ankle. The dance was fast which didn't leave time to feel too awkward and before I knew it I was smiling so hard that my face ached a little. At one point Thad began turning us in dizzying spins without ever letting go of his hold of me.

How had I come to his? This morning I'd expected a quiet day. Now I was on the greatest luxury liner of all time, out in the middle of the ocean, spinning joyfully in the arms of the person I'd been longing for over the last seven months.

Everything was perfect.

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Suzanne Weyn
Suzanne Weyn is the author of "Reincarnation," "The Bar Code Tattoo," and other titles for young readers.
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