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Water Rising It wasn't Seth's idea to move to the booming city of Galveston on the sweltering August day. It wasn't even his idea to become a doctor. It was his father's dream for him, and Galveston offered the best medical school in the United States at that time. Seth wanted only to become a carpenter like his father. Would that still be possible? It turns out that Galveston wasn't really so bad. He had even snagged a job as a carpenter's helper, and then there was that pretty girl with golden hair who lived across the street that really made things look up for him. Instead, on September 8, 1900, his world exploded in the fury of a devastating hurricane. Woven from historical accounts of the storm's survivors, this is a fictionalized story of the most deadly natural disasters in U. S. history. Hold on to your seat as Seth takes you into Dark Water Rising where fierce winds and floods dictate the horrendous change in this bustling seaport, Galveston, and courage, heroism, sacrifice, and loss live on in the stories of the survivors. Dark Water Rising contains vivid, gory descriptions of the damage and loss of life during this huricane. For this reason, it would best be aimed at grades 6 and up. Startling figurative language like "Wild waves rose up like a great hand and wrenched loose the Pagoda's long staircase, sending planks tumbling through the air... like a wounded Goliath, the great bathhouse shuddered, folded in on its long legs, and collapsed into the sea" transports the reader into the violent scene. Descriptions of the dead and dying sear into the reader's memory. It was considered the deadliest disaster in United States history, one that will forever define the early history of the Texas coast. Perhaps Hurricane Harvey will surpass its enormous cost. Research to compare the two! The "Author's Note" at the end of the book provides more historical fact and primary source photographs. Dark Water Rising should be a part of every middle and high school library and history class. Research
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History--The Galveston Storm of 1900 Quotes to memorize: You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." Ambrose Redmoon "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." Helen Keller ------------------------------------------------------------------
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29-page unit PLUS interactive Jeopardy-type game, perfect for lesson
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Dark Water Rising is a unit in the Kids Wings Growing Young Americans Collection
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