Titanic: The Untold Story By: W. Mae Kent Model: ID # 6906 $17.99

By W. Mae Kent Ms. Kent based this story on the little-known fact that there was a black passenger aboard the Titanic. It is 1896, and Nathan Badeau, a black 10 year old boy, just commited a violent, unforgivable ast in New Orleans. In order to save his life, his mother arranges for him to live with his biological father Marcel Legarde, an older, wealthy, white businessperson in France. With tears in his eyes, torn from the mother he loves, he vows to return to her when he grows up. In Paris, 1912, Nathan Badeau Legarde is now married to a beautiful white woman named Nicolette. He is 26, driven to succeed, eager to debate issues and engage in enthusiastic conversations. He has the arrogance and cockiness of his father, but with a gentle refinement and suave, romantic, and sophisticated demeanor. When it is time to claim his American inheritance, Nathan naturally chooses the Titanic, being the epitome of elegance and premium travel. He agrees to take Nicolette along, but it isn't too long before bigotry, racism, and social class differences interrupt their idyllic adventure. Everything begins going wrong for Nathan when the captain mistakenly blames him for numerious disturbances, and as the ill-fated Titanic hits the iceberg, he must make important decisions, including trying to save his wife and children.