| Flooded: Requiem for Johnstown (Scholastic Gold) Contributor(s): Burg, Ann E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1338540998 ISBN-13: 9781338540994 Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Disasters |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.5" (0.55 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Flooded joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content! Ann E. Burg explores the deep class divides and social injustice behind one of America's greatest tragedies. * Stunning, significant and sorrowful, Ann E. Burg's requiem melts history into prose... Highly recommended. -- School Library Journal, starred review Chillingly effective. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889 was a lively, working-class factory city. Above the soot-soaked streets, an elite fishing and hunting club, built on a pristine man-made lake, drew America's wealthiest business barons. Though repeatedly urged to fix the deteriorating dam that held the lake, the club members disregarded the warnings. And when heavy rains came, the dam collapsed and plunged the city into chaos. On that fateful day, six children found themselves caught in the wreckage. The chorus of their voices--all inspired by real people--create a gripping portrait of loss and healing. Plumbing themes of class, injustice, deprivation, and the environment, Ann E. Burg summons her prodigious heart and virtuosic poetry to turn one of the deadliest tragedies in our country's history into a transcendent and hopeful work of art. |