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LocationOakland
Call NoJ TAR
TitleThe Galveston hurricane, 1900 / by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson.
AuthorTarshis, Lauren, author.
Barcode527365
CollectionJuniors
Summary"It's 1900, and Charlie feels lucky to live in Galveston, Texas. Sure, there are storms sometimes. But nobody worries about hurricanes. Even a famous weather expert says it's impossible for a strong hurricane to strike Galveston. Which is why few people worry on the morning of September 8, when a big storm starts to brew. but Charlie watches with growing horror as monster waves rise up from the sea, as the wind starts to scream. by night, much of the city is under twenty feet of water. Will Charlie find a way to survive the storm of the century?"--Back cover.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781338752533 (paperback)
International Standard Book Number 1338752537 (paperback)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 23 [Fic]
Personal Name Tarshis, Lauren, author.
Title Statement The Galveston hurricane, 1900 / by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2021]
Physical Description 116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Content Type rdacontent text
Media Type rdamedia unmediated
Carrier Type rdacarrier volume
Series Statement I Survived 21
Summary, Etc. "It's 1900, and Charlie feels lucky to live in Galveston, Texas. Sure, there are storms sometimes. But nobody worries about hurricanes. Even a famous weather expert says it's impossible for a strong hurricane to strike Galveston. Which is why few people worry on the morning of September 8, when a big storm starts to brew. but Charlie watches with growing horror as monster waves rise up from the sea, as the wind starts to scream. by night, much of the city is under twenty feet of water. Will Charlie find a way to survive the storm of the century?"--Back cover.
Target Audience Note 560L Lexile
Target Audience Note Decoding demand: 86 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 82 (very high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Floods Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Survival Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Hurricanes Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Hurricanes Juvenile fiction. History 20th century Texas Galveston
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Floods Juvenile fiction. History 20th century Texas Galveston
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Survival Juvenile fiction. History 20th century Texas Galveston
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Galveston (Tex.) Fiction. History 20th century
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Galveston (Tex.) Juvenile fiction. History 20th century
Index Term-Genre/Form lcgft Historical fiction.
Added Entry, Personal Name Dawson, Scott, illustrator.
Series Added Entry-Personal Name Tarshis, Lauren. I survived.