Child psychic, tea-reader mom, titanic blanket

October 14, 2011 11:48 PM

Help me find this children's book I would have read in the 80's. It had a psychic girl in it, from a poor family, and I believe it was set in the 1920's. Her mother was a tea-reader and may have been a gypsy. I remember a scene where the girl briefly time-traveled to the sinking titanic, and came back soaking wet, draped in a white star line blanket. Her fame allowed her to meet some royal personage, and the rich family in town gave her a dress from the dry goods shop. that's all I've got.
posted by camdan to Writing & Language (3 answers total)

Best answer: I am almost certain I read these too, and it was the Blossom Culp series.

B&N has a description of the series here
posted by FritoKAL at 11:56 PM on October 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Jinx, FritoKAL; I was coming in here to say it's definitely the Blossom Culp series. The one with the Titanic scene is Ghosts I Have Been (the second in the series). I remember reading and re-reading these books when I was a kid. They were great!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:01 AM on October 15, 2011 [4 favorites]

Response by poster: wow, that's definitely it. titanic description right in the review as well. you guys are quick off the mark!
posted by camdan at 12:12 AM on October 15, 2011