Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 08/01/2017
ISBN: 9780544586178
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.40w x 0.30d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 175216 / Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1