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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
ISBN: 9780544157774
Author: Brown, Don (Author)
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: August 2015
Retail: $18.99    OUR PRICE: $3.09
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Binding Type: Hardcover
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Annotation: 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.
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: 10.50" H x 1050.00" L x 6.90" W
Bargain Category: Award Winner, Biographies, Environment, Geography, Graphic Novel, High School, History, Middle School, Nature, Reference, Weather
Grade level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th