Title help - which one works best?

[Scott]

Hi,

I'm at the point of figuring out the title for the third book in my middle grade "I Escaped Series". Basically, the books are for 9-12 year olds, fiction, about kids who face real world challenges and find ways to escape.

This third book is about the sinking of the Indianapolis during WWII. When the boat went down after being torpedoed, the crew spent days at sea under constant shark attacks until the survivors were finally rescued.

I'm going to have a main title and a subtitle.

My main title ideas so far (they have to start with I Escaped) are:

I Escaped History's Deadliest Shark Attack

I Escaped History's Scariest Shark Attack

I Escaped The World's Worst Shark Attack

I Escaped The World's Deadliest Shark Attack


For my subtitle, I'm leaning toward:

The WWII Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis WWII


Thanks for any thoughts on these or other ideas along these lines.

[Phillip]

I escaped the ocean's hungriest mouths?

[M.L.]

"I Escaped The World's Deadliest Shark Attack."

Deadly and shark attack, very relatable. Who isn't scared of being attacked by a shark?

[Rita]

Scariest and second subtitle. Kids like scary.

[M.L.]

Or maybe Terror in the Deep Sea
The Deadliest Shark Attack

I googled it and it was horrific.

[Dwayne, Head of Lettuce]

"World's Deadliest Shark Attack" and follow it with "Doo doo doo doo doo doo..."

The second subtitle works better.

[Scott]

Thanks, everyone, it's awesome to get your help.

Hungry mouths, there's a great visual!

I agree on it being horrific. My nephew first told me about it, so I of course had to Google it, too. Pretty intense, what those poor guys went through.

Scary vs deadly, that's a hard choice and both good points.
Deadly shark attack is relatable. Kids do like scary...

I like the Doo doo doo :D

I wondered about using "History's" because it would be a great keyword. But I don't know that it sounds as good as "The World's". Actually, "Scary" could be a good title keyword, too.