On This Page
Description
The city of Galveston, Texas, was booming. Perched on an island off the southern coast of Texas, Galveston had been founded in the 1830s. By 1900, it was Texas's richest and most important city. Boats loaded up with American cotton and wheat steamed from Galveston to countries around the world. Arriving ships were crowded with immigrants. The streets, paved with crushed oyster shells, sparkled like they'd been sprinkled with diamonds. True, this glittering city was prone to flooding. But show more just a few years before, a weather forecaster had said the idea of a hurricane striking Galveston was absurd. So when a storm started brewing on September 8, 1900, no one believed it would be any worse than previous storms. They gathered on the beach to cheer on the wild waves. But what started as entertainment soon turned into a nightmare as those wild waves crashed into the city. By morning, hundreds of homes were destroyed. Eight thousand people were dead. The city had all but disappeared. In this thrilling installment of Lauren Tarshis's New York Times bestselling I Survived series, one child finds safety only to head back into the treacherous waters to make sure his neighbors are safe. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
3026476
30303945
reviewed - Elijah Heatwole
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
SYES Library Wishlist
1,080 works; 4 members
AR Level 4 in cloudLibrary
244 works; 1 member
Author Information
69 Works 92,217 Members
Lauren Tarshis was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love, and the I Survived series. She is also an editorial director for language arts at Scholastic, the editor of Storyworks magazine, and oversees Scope magazine. Her title, I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii show more 79 A. D. made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Awards and Honors
Notable Lists
Series
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900
- People/Characters
- Charlie Miller
- Important places
- Galveston, Texas, USA
- Important events
- Galveston Hurricane of 1900
- Dedication
- For Katie Woehr
- First words
- Nooooooooo!
Classifications
- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 551.552 — Natural sciences & mathematics Earth sciences; geology Geology, Hydrology Meteorology Atmosphere, Tornadoes, Hurricanes Storms
- LCC
- PZ7 .T211115 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 1,228
- Popularity
- 20,112
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.60)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 16
- ASINs
- 3