Dark Water Rising (Paperback)

from alice443

A story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, told from the point of view of a boy. I picked it up without giving any thought to the story it would tell -- it was quickly apparent disaster was coming and as I thought about the time and the location I realized what was coming. It was painful enough ...

from alice443

A story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, told from the point of view of a boy. I picked it up without giving any thought to the story it would tell -- it was quickly apparent disaster was coming and as I thought about the time and the location I realized what was coming. It was painful enough ...

from librarybrandy

3.5 stars, but I'm rounding up. Hale doesn't fully capture the historical tone--her history is factually accurate, but it doesn't feel genuine somehow. She does, however, capture the sadness of a boy walking around the shell of Galveston in the immediate aftermath of the 1900 hurricane. I haven't...

from jtippett

I picked up this book when it came to my Middle School library. I am from the area around Galveston so I was drawn to the subject of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. It is the story of a family that moved to the booming town of Galveston, Texas at the turn on the century. They arrived just days b...

from koenigp

Excellent story. I felt like I was experiencing everything the family went through during and after the hurricane of 1900!