I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Lauren Tarshis

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9781613832431: I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005

ISBN 10: 1613832435 ISBN 13: 9781613832431

Publisher: Perfection Learning, 2011

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?

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About the Author:

Lauren Tarshis

Lauren Tarshis is the editor of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine, and the author of the critically acclaimed novel Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. She lives in Westport, Connecticut and can be found online at www.laurentarshis.com.

From I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005:

All Barry could see as he clung to the tree was water. The water had washed away his whole neighborhood. He tried hard not to imagine what had happened to his mom and dad and little sister, Cleo.

What if they'd all fallen into the water too? What if...

Barry was shaking now. Then he heard a new sound, a cracking and groaning. He stared in shock at what was floating in the water.

A house.

Moving slowly, turning. Its blown-out windows seemed to stare at Barry. The splintered wood looked like teeth in a wide-open mouth.

And it was coming right at him.

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