| Horrors of History: City of the Dead: Galveston Hurricane, 1900 Contributor(s): Anderson, T. Neill (Author) |
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ISBN: 158089514X ISBN-13: 9781580895149 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2013 Click for more in this series: Horrors of History |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Science & Nature - General (see Also Headings Under Animals) - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012024491 |
| Age Level: 10-UP |
| Grade Level: 5-UP |
| Lexile Measure: 890(Not Available) |
| Guided Reading: Z (Grade 7/8) |
| Series: Horrors of History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.00 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Locality - Galveston-Texas City, Texas - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2013 School Library Journal 08/01/2013 pg. 94 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 67 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 159281 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The year was 1900--a time before cars, evacuation routes, and up-to-the-minute weather reports. It was the day the deadliest storm in US history hammered Galveston, Texas. It was the day an entire island city was nearly wiped from existence. At the onset of the hurricane, Albert Campbell and the other boys at the orphanage kicked and splashed in the emerging puddles. Daisy Thorne read letters from her fianc , and Sam Young wondered if his telegram had reached the mainland, warning his family of the weather. Just a few hours later, torrential rains and crushing tidal waves had flooded the metropolis. Winds upwards of one hundred miles per hour swept entire houses and trees down the streets. Debris slashed through the air; bodies whirled amid the rushing waters. Albert, Daisy, and Sam weren't safe. No one was. Based on an historic natural disaster, CITY OF THE DEAD weaves together a shocking story where some miraculously survive . . . and many others are tragically lost. CITY OF THE DEAD is the first book in the Horrors of History series. The series commemorates horrific, life-changing events in our nation's past. Each novel makes history accessible with a combination of thorough research, descriptions of a specific time period, narrative accounts of actual historical persons, and fictionalized characters. |
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