I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Author(s): Lauren Tarshis; Scott Dawson (Illustrator)
The horror of Hurricane Katrina is brought vividly to life in this fictional account of a boy, a dog, and the storm of the century.
Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm.At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the century -- alone?
Product Information
Winner of Beehive Awards (Fiction) 2015. Short-listed for Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award 2012 and Massachusetts Children's Book Award 2013.
Lauren Tarshis is the editor of Scholastic s Storyworks magazine and group editorial director for language arts for Scholastic classroom magazines, in addition to being the author of the I Survived series and the critically acclaimed novels Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. She lives in Westport, Connecticut, and can be found online at www.laurentarshis.com."
General Fields
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- : Scholastic US
- : Scholastic US
- : 0.0680389
- : 01 February 2011
- : 19.00 cmmm X 13.30 cmmm X 0.70 cmmm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Lauren Tarshis; Scott Dawson (Illustrator)
- : Paperback
- : Scott Dawson
- : English
- : FIC
- : 112
- : Illustrations, black and white