the watch that ends the night by allan wolf

Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Wolf's novel in verse gives voice, through first-person accounts, to a cross section of passengers and crew on the Titanic: how they boarded, why they're there, and how they face the disaster. A lyrical, monumental work of fact and imagination that reads like an oral history revved up by the drama of the event. Wolf brings the history and, more importantly, the human scale of the event to life by giving voice to the players themselves. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Twenty-four voices-of passengers, rats and even the iceberg-evoke the human tragedy of the ill-fated voyage. Wolf's carefully crafted characters evolve as the voyage slides to its icy conclusion readers may be surprised by the potency of the final impact.

Booklist (starred review) Wolf constructs a richly textured novel in verse that recreates the Titanic's ill-fated journey, predominantly through the voices of her passengers. Wolf leaves no emotion unplumbed, no area of research uninvestigated, and his voices are so authentic they hurt. The Horn Book (starred review), A masterpiece. The themes of natural disaster, technology, social class, survival, and death all play out here.

The watch that ends the night by allan wolf