Thirteen-year-old Kitty is leaving the family home of Drumshee. As nursemaid to Lady Victoria Fitzgerald's little niece and nephew, Tabitha and Robert, she will sail across the Atlantic to far-off America - on board the greatest ship that man has ever made ... But even amid the splendid wonders of the Titanic, Kitty can't help remembering her grandmother's premonition. Kitty has brought with her the gold necklace which has been in her family for thousands of years - even though her grandmother warned her that bad luck would come to anyone who took the necklace away from Drumshee. And then disaster strikes. And as the Titanic slowly sinks and the terrified passengers begin to panic, Kitty realises that little Tabitha is missing ...