Annie and the Unsinkable Ship: A Titanic Graphic Novel

Description: "The year is 1912, and the famed ocean liner Titanic has just hit an iceberg. Twelve-year-old Annie has left her home in Ireland to begin a new life in America with her widowed mother. The peaceful journey across the sea comes to an end when Annie discovers the ship is sinking. As she scurries to help her mother and friends, Annie puts her own life at risk. Will Annie and those she cares about survive, or will they run out of time?"--

Brief description: Isabelle Duffy was born in Sydney in 2000 but grew up exploring the world and experiencing many different cultures as her family moved around a lot. She has lived in Malaysia, Thailand, the United States, England, and Singapore. Isabelle is now back in Australia where she is hoping to stay. Through her travels, art has always been a big part of her life and she taught herself how to draw at an early age. Since then Isabelle has developed her skills and indulged her passion for illustration and animation by getting a Bachelor of Design in Animation in 2021. She loves sketching with traditional mediums such as graphite and colour pencils and enjoys finishing illustrations digitally. Her work focuses a lot on creating expressive and meaningful characters accompanied by colourful palettes. When Isabelle's not creating art, she loves spending time with family and friends, being outdoors by the beach, or trying new foods (especially anything sweet.

Review Quotes: Throughout history there have been several tragic events that stand out above others, making them common knowledge. The "Girls Survive" series takes those events and shows how a regular (fictional) girl uses her skills and talents to make it through the worst of it. These graphic novels cover situations from distant and recent history: Prudence is under suspicion of witchcraft in Salem; Annie boards the RMS Titanic with her mother; Bonnie makes her flight home on the Hindenburg; and Rei and her friends race to escape a post-earthquake tsunami in Japan. Each story shows the grit and determination of each young girl as they help themselves and ­others. The series keeps the focus on how the event ­affects the girls personally and leaves out other elements that most retellings of these events cover. VERDICT ­Tragedy is unavoidable, but these books depict young girls trusting in themselves and one another and overcoming the odds.-- "School Library Journal"