The Titanic: An Interactive History Adventure

by Bob Temple

Describes the events surrounding the sinking of the ship Titanic in 1912. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a first-class passenger, a third-class passenger, and a crewmember.

Genres: History, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Childrens, Choose Your Own Adventure, Historical, Juvenile

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Emma Haan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book! fueled my obsession with the titanic. I absolutely loved finding all the endings and choosing my own adventure

[Fiona · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this choose-your-own adventure style book in the non-fiction section. It was factually accurate as far as I could tell and a really fun way for kids to learn about a historical event. There is a whole series of these books in case you want to encourage a kid to read some non-fiction.

[Masha Fomichenko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book, but kind of confusing because it had parts, but I still enjoyed it and looking forward to writing a book report on it!

[Kolt]

The Titanic, a nonfiction book by Bob Temple. The narrator tells us about the history of the titanic. The writer does a really good job telling about the ship, and explaining what people did on the Titanic. I really liked this book because it tells you everything about a variety of people like the captain to the 3rd class people. There were no characters in this book as it was written in third person with multiple people.

The Titanic is a really good book because it gives you facts and explains everything to understand for someone that doesn’t know ships. I felt like I was on the Titanic and learned a lot about it. I could picture what the rooms were like and what the food was like. It tells you the details of the ship very well. I got a good idea of what the people were like back in that time period.

The writer has written this book in a unique way, as it is all in third person. The book makes you literally jump from page to page and stay interested so you can get the full experience. There are also multiple ways to read this book: you can read about the people riding the ship, or you can read about the captain and the crew. The author does a really good job on making you feel like you are on the Titanic. You get to hear what activities they got to do and experience, as well as the people on the ship and who they are.

I would recommend this book because you get to learn about the Titanic, that period in time and what they did. The tone of the book changed when it talked about the Titanic hitting the iceberg and sinking. Details were given about what they did when the ship sank.

The book was interesting, unusual but a good and easier read. The author's style was unique and I would recommend the book to others.

[Alecia · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 4th grade daughter and I both give this book five stars. What a great way to learn about the Titanic. It's definitely not your average, silly Choose your Own Adventure book as we ended up dying several times - and the deaths were written in a child friendly but also still sad way. I appreciated that it was realistic though and didn't sugarcoat the historical accuracy of the tragedy. We read it several times to discover the different endings, and it was cool to realize that some of the stories overlap with the reader getting to see different perspectives of the same event. The final chapter provides the reader with lots of information about what happened afterwards.

I have read about the Titanic before, seen the movie and went to the Titanic Museum in Tennessee, but this book still taught me new things (such as there being a boat close by that could have helped but that had turned off it's radio earlier in the night- I had no idea)

I have already requested two other books from this series to read together (The Gold Rush and Underground Railroad) since this book was so well done.

My daughter's review: I like how there were so many different endings and seeing all the different people - first class, third class or crew member. I ended up reading all of the endings. There are different perspectives. For example, Tony and the crew member who was going to shoot him but didn't have the heart to do it so he lowered the boat. Tony, on the other hand, grabbed the woman's hand and jumped onto the boat so that they would both be together. When we went to the Titanic Museum in Tennessee, we got different cards to be different people on the Titanic and my dad was the Captain. I never knew that the Captain went down with his ship, and one of his crew members saluted to him as a fare well as described in one of the endings of this book.

[Carter]

The book The Titanic by Bob Temple is kind of all over, it's like a goosebumps book but you're trying to survive something historical, you read a page and at the bottom it tells you what page to flip to so that you can continue the storyline that you pick., I like the variety.

The tone is relaxed and sometimes when the rising action and climax is happening more alert, the text length is usually short and almost every other page there's a new choice you have to make, for example, maybe saving someone or saving yourself. Theres alot of plot twists and character change in the story, you could work on the boat, be upper class, or lower class, and whatever you choose also decides if you’ll get off the boat or not, something i saw a lot in the choices were, “listen to the warnings, or go back and find ____”
The effect on the reader is more of a panic effect, and when the author tries to put this effect into play it can really work with certain situations. Or when the author wants to make the reader feel upper class or lower class they really can.

This is a really good book and you can either have a good ending or a bad ending which i really like, you can choose what ending you get by going back and making different decisions.

[Brennan Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Titanic starts off by saying what year it is and how the ship was built and how it was the biggest ship ever built back then and it has 15 water tight doors and how it was the best ship at its time and how and when it sunk.

It’s an Interactive History adventure you start with the first page and you read and when you get to page 11 you have a choice to go as first class third class and a crewmember and you can join Allison and Aster and you can leave or stay in your room and pick what one you want to go to/or do.
Then when you are nearing the end of the book then you have another option to go back to a different page or you can read to page 101 then when you turn the page you read little paragraphs until the end now you know more about the Titanic.

[Ebookwormy1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a huge fan of the Interactive History Adventure series which takes real life people and events and presents them in an interactive format to children. While they will be able to chose their own adventure through the book, the choices have a firm grounding in historic reality.

This title explores the disaster of the RMS Titanic and challenges a reader to begin from one of three different roles, which highlight the reality that death was not evenly distributed among first class passengers, steerage and crew. Covering a topic I have been rather enchanted by for a lifetime, I enjoyed reading it through several times, following each path, and was impressed at the attention to accuracy. Not only did I have confidence recommending it, the title has been wholeheartedly embraced by almost of my students, as has the entire series. Highly recommended. If you don't have the resources (both money and shelf space) to own the series, be sure to snag them from the library!

For a non-fiction treatment for children, see...
Titanic DK EYEWITNESS BOOKS, Adams, 1999
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and for adults, see
Walter Lord's acclaimed
A Night to Remember, Lord, 1955
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Emily Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the history of the Titanic. This book gives you 3 original options. You can read the story of a first-class passenger, a third-class passenger or a crew member. And each option gives you countless other choices. I read once through as each. The only time I survived was as a third-class passenger. I will definitely read through some more and see how all of the other choices end. Also, I thought this book was quite historically accurate and I think it is a great edition for anyone who has the slightest interest in the Titanic disaster.

[Yogi Saputro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars because this is just one of rare books that brings emotion, information, and muse altogether. The author put the narration and information well enough to make me feel immersed in giant Titanic. I just realized that a book doesn't have to be radical or thought provoking to be enjoyable.

Concise and easy to navigate, this keeps me busy for few hours, just like the game that I can download on app market. However, it is much better because it won't run out of battery, has no ads, and has no frustrating microtransactions.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was really cool. You choose between being in first class, third class, or part of the crew, and each choice then has multiple other choices to make.

In my first read-through, I chose first class and managed to survive by jumping off the ship and being rescued in the water. Doubtful, but okay. However, I eventually read through all the choices and I somehow survived more than I died, which seems super odd for a book about the Titanic.

Still, I really enjoyed this.

[Keshia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am always left with such a feeling of sadness when I read about the Titanic. I just can't imagine the horror of that event. I like books like this that give different perspectives for the same event. And, as a classroom book, I like how this would start discussions among students with the interactive quality but also the comprehension questions at the back.

[Sarah Bodaly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Understanding that it's children's book aside, there is little content provided in any given story line. Content could have been fleshed out much more, possibly covering anything about the ship, or activities between boarding time and when the ship struck the iceberg. But for a child who already knows the history behind the ship, it would an interesting light read. Pictures were a definite bonus.

[Kyra Coffell · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this is not is not the full story book like the original story. It gives great insight into the historical events that take place with several chapters describing all the things that took place in order for the ship to sink.

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the fastest and quickest read of a book I have ever done! Lol. But it was really cool, reading through and choosing where to go and see where your decision brought you. It really felt like you were actually there that fateful night!

[Jacqueline Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was such a great read aloud for my junior high students. At each crossroad/decision point, we voted as a class where we’d go next. There were so many possible outcomes! The book is filled with tons of accurate historical details. Highly recommend.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

A choose-your-own-adventure book with historical information. Very cool.

[Galion Public Library Teens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review by C.B. : "I like this book."

[Marian Kamatchi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Choose your own adventure history!!!

[Story · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite books in the series! I think it's so fun to see what it would've been like to experience being on the Titanic and also educational. I highly, highly recommend this one!

[Evony Dobbins · Rating 3 out of 5]

Umm I wasnt really a fan of this book

[Kim Hampton · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun way to teach kids about history by putting them into the action.

[Laura Renick-Butera · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Ash Burkes · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are so fun. Pick up the books you read as a kid, y’all!

[Sherigros · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,9 Sterne

[Camden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great choose your own adventure book!

[Kid Lit Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Titanic, the safest, longest, and most luxurious ocean liner in the world is deemed “Unsinkable” thanks to individual watertight compartments, which would isolate any water that got into the Titanic, keeping it afloat. Unfortunately, we all know this system somehow did not work. Thanks to a large iceberg, which tore a long gash into the side of ship just after midnight on April 15, 1912, Titanic sunk. Only 705 people survived that night. More than 1500 died in the waters of the cold Atlantic Ocean.

Now it is your turn. Are you a first class passenger, a third class passenger, or a member of the crew?

The Titanic is a wonderful book to use in the classroom or in home schooling, as are all of the You Choose books. Kids learn about historical events by being there, or as close as they ever could short of going to a Titanic exhibit. These interactive books are terrific for getting kids interested in history, especially . . .

Originally Published at Kid Lit Reviews; To Read the Full Review, Go To: http://bit.ly/TitanicYouChoose2016

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would highly recommend this book because of its creative and engaging technique for getting children to learn about history by converting it into a choose your own adventure story. It puts children in the shoes of three different types of passengers who actually experienced this event, so they are able to experience it from these different perspectives. And because there are multiple story lines, children will have fun going back and reading about all of the different paths, learning about the fate of multiple people within each category of passengers. I would not recommend this book for children younger than 8 to read on their own because having the multiple storylines may be confusing, but the writing is relatively simple, so even a 6 year old could enjoy this story were it read aloud, especially since it lets the reader choose for themselves what action to do, getting the children involved in the story.

[Reggie Overton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is unique in the sense that it allows the reader to do just as the title suggests "Interact". You are thrown into the world of the Titanic and presented an opportunity to engage in the events that took place on the night of the disaster from numerous perspectives of the passengers aboard. The story teaches child readers about the consequences of certain actions and enlightens the thrill of whats next waiting around the corner. It is not necessarily and educative book on the Titanic but you can gain a sense of authenticity that real passengers may have experienced. The book is hardcover and full of unique pictures ranging from color, to real black and white stills, to pencil illustrations. I would recommend this book to an imaginative child who enjoys re-enactment of events.

[Rose Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the back cover:

It is 1912, Titanic, the world's largest and grandest ocean liner, is about to set sail. And YOU get to experience its historic first voyage.

~Will you sail in luxury as a first-class passenger? OR...
~Will you travel in third class with other immigrants who are seeking a new life in America? OR...
~Will you work as a crewmember, serving passengers and trying to keep the ship safe?

Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to survival or death.

My son and I loved choosing different paths over and over again.
There are 3 story paths, 35 choices and 15 endings.