| Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Contributor(s): Brown, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 054415777X ISBN-13: 9780544157774 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Disasters - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - United States - 21st Century |
| Dewey: 363.349 |
| LCCN: 2015458266 |
| Lexile Measure: 920 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.9" W x 10.5" (1.00 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Topical - Real Life Heroes - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 175216 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sibert Honor Medalist ∙ Kirkus' Best of 2015 list ∙ School Library Journal Best of 2015 ∙ Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 list ∙ Horn Book Fanfare Book ∙ Booklist Editor's Choice On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The riveting tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism, and courage--and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality.Don Brown's kinetic art and as-it-happens narrative capture both the tragedy and triumph of one of the worst natural disasters in American history. A portion of the proceeds from this book has been donated to Habitat for Humanity New Orleans. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Don: - Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him "a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies." He lives in New York with his family. www.booksbybrown.com Instagram: @donsart |