Pub Date: February 25, 2014
Dewey: 971.622503
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 10 to 14
Physical Info: 0.42" H x 8.14" L x 6.10" W ( 0.44 lbs) 160 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Canada | Transportation | Boats Ships and Underwater Craft
Description: Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collision of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.
Brief description: Sally M. Walker is the author of Champion, a JLG selection, one of NCTE's 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Books, and a 2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book. She is also the author of ALA Notable Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917; the acclaimed picture book Winnie; and Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which was awarded a Sibert Medal. She lives in Illinois.
Review Quotes:
"The well-designed volume clearly depicts the extent of the devastation in both words and photographs. . . . As usual, this author's source notes and use of primary sources serves as a model of nonfiction writing." --Shelf Awareness
"* Riveting." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Disasters make for gripping reading, and this account of the huge explosion of a munitions ship and its devastating effects in Halifax Harbor, Canada, in 1917 tells the dramatic history with clear detailed facts." --Booklist "Halifax does indeed have a story to tell, but Walker once again proves that it's her consummate gifts as a storyteller that breathe life into the tale." --The Horn Book "This tragic, but well-told story belongs in most collections." --School Library Journal