Amanda Miranda

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Summary: Utterly horrible!
Review: "Amanda Miranda" is by far the worst book I have ever read. They must have abridged all the exciting, good parts out of the story! Peck isn't my favorite author, but this plot sounded very intriguing, but I was only able to read a few pages a day. The Titanic was not introduced until the end of the novel, and when it was mentioned, it was brief. I do not recommend.

Rating:
Summary: Utterly horrible!
Review: "Amanda Miranda" is by far the worst book I have ever read. They must have abridged all the exciting, good parts out of the story! Peck isn't my favorite author, but this plot sounded very intriguing, but I was only able to read a few pages a day. The Titanic was not introduced until the end of the novel, and when it was mentioned, it was brief. I do not recommend.

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Summary: Exciting and Entertaining
Review: Amanda Miranda by Richard Peck was a wonderful book. The plot line was excellent and the characters were delightful. This book is definitely for a person that likes twisting, romantic story lines. It was almost as if there were secrets hidden in the pages of the book itself. The book took so many turns you couldn't tell what would happen next. A few things that I saw the same in the book and the actual sinking of the Titanic were when Miranda was on the great ship, she described the people that were on the ship in first and second class. People such as, Molly Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Macy. Another similarity was the description she gave when only a few people on the sinking ship knew that the ship had hit an iceberg and that they were sinking. Some of the upper-class men and women thought nothing of it and did not bother to put on their lifejackets only to be the first ones escorted off the Titanic. Amanda Miranda is both factual and entertaining. I fully recommend this book to a young adult reader.

Rating:
Summary: Exciting and Entertaining
Review: Amanda Miranda by Richard Peck was a wonderful book. The plot line was excellent and the characters were delightful. This book is definitely for a person that likes twisting, romantic story lines. It was almost as if there were secrets hidden in the pages of the book itself. The book took so many turns you couldn't tell what would happen next. A few things that I saw the same in the book and the actual sinking of the Titanic were when Miranda was on the great ship, she described the people that were on the ship in first and second class. People such as, Molly Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Macy. Another similarity was the description she gave when only a few people on the sinking ship knew that the ship had hit an iceberg and that they were sinking. Some of the upper-class men and women thought nothing of it and did not bother to put on their lifejackets only to be the first ones escorted off the Titanic. Amanda Miranda is both factual and entertaining. I fully recommend this book to a young adult reader.

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Summary: One of my Favorite Books
Review: As an owner of one of the original 1980 unabridged editions of Amanda/Miranda, I can attest to the extraordinary writing quality of this story. Beginning with the first few lines of the Prologue until the very last page, an intricate old world story is beautifully crafted. It is written so artfully that certain passages read like prose. In addition, Mr. Peck's gifted writing style congers up such vividly clear images that while reading this tale, you feel as though you are also watching the movie. Die hard romantics (such as myself) will devour it.

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Summary: Love and lies on the Titanic - and more.
Review: Eighteen-year-old Mary comes to a grand Edwardian England mansion to be a servant to the young lady of the house, Amanda Whitwell. She is shocked to discover she looks just like Amanda, who renames Mary "Miranda." Used by the selfish, spoiled Amanda, Miranda finally sees the chance to take revenge when the two sail for America on the Titanic. But will the two be caught up in their own web of lies? And when only one survives, who is it? And does she even know herself any more? I highly reccomend this novel. I'm so glad there is now a young adult version, since I've always wanted to read it, but it was just SO LONG! (I'm 14).

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Summary: Love and lies on the Titanic - and more.
Review: Eighteen-year-old Mary comes to a grand Edwardian England mansion to be a servant to the young lady of the house, Amanda Whitwell. She is shocked to discover she looks just like Amanda, who renames Mary "Miranda." Used by the selfish, spoiled Amanda, Miranda finally sees the chance to take revenge when the two sail for America on the Titanic. But will the two be caught up in their own web of lies? And when only one survives, who is it? And does she even know herself any more? I highly reccomend this novel. I'm so glad there is now a young adult version, since I've always wanted to read it, but it was just SO LONG! (I'm 14).

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Summary: Interesting Plot!!!
Review: I read the YA version of this book because I am 13. I love it!!!! This book is about a rich girl named Amanda. Her servant is Miranda, and the two of them happen to look exactly alike.
So alike, that all of Amanda's boyfriends get confused, and that leads to trouble. To make it even more confusing, it takes place on the Titanic. The bad part was that some of it was too confusing just to read once- I had to read some parts over and over.

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Summary: THIS BOOK EMBODY THE TITANIC AND IT'S AGE
Review: I really love this book because of it's story and it's historical back round. I'm kind that read this version than the other one.

Rating:
Summary: THIS BOOK EMBODY THE TITANIC AND IT'S AGE
Review: I really love this book because of it's story and it's historical back round. I'm kind that read this version than the other one.