Tarshis, Lauren creator author. Dawson, Scott illustrator. text Historical fiction. nyu 2021 monographic eng

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116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. "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. 560L Lexile. Decoding demand: 86 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 82 (very high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile. juvenile by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson. n-us-tx Hurricanes Texas Galveston History 20th century Juvenile fiction Floods Texas Galveston History 20th century Juvenile fiction Survival Texas Galveston History 20th century Juvenile fiction Galveston (Tex.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction [Fic] Tarshis, Lauren 9781338752533 ICrlF 210819 20211110113450.0 1264287871 eng