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Penny Doucette was 8 years old on the night the storm raged in Toronto. She, her parents, and their elderly neighbor found themselves clinging to the roof of the house as they watched the house next door float away on the swollen Humber River. Augmenting the dramatic story are illustrations, archival photographs, and fascinating information about hurricanes: their causes, their history, and lore.
Published for the fiftieth anniversary of Hurricane Hazel, this is a valuable resource for young readers.
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Release date
January 12, 2010 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781770490888
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781770490888
- File size: 2617 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 5.9
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 4
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Reviews
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April 1, 2005
Gr 2-5 -Pitt recounts the story of Hurricane Hazel's deadly 1954 pass over a small town near Toronto, Canada. His narrative follows the fortunes of second-grader Penny Doucette and her family as floodwaters rise into the second story of their house and they are forced to seek refuge on the roof in the howling wind and rain. Terrified, they watch as a neighbor's house is swept from its foundations, and pray that a small rescue boat will reach them before their own home is torn loose. Average-quality, black-and-white drawings appear throughout. The Doucettes' luck in surviving is also reinforced by the period photos that recorded the devastation of a once-comfortable community. Fact boxes appear throughout, but some of the damage data is no longer valid following the multiple storms of fall 2004. While not an essential purchase, this title could provide a personal view to a unit grounded in such stellar works as Patricia Lauber's "Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms" (Scholastic, 1996) and Seymour Simon's "Hurricanes" (HarperCollins, 2003), or reinforce the impact of Victoria Sherrow's more tightly focused "Hurricane Andrew: Nature's Rage" (Enslow, 1998)." -Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY"Copyright 2005 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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