Hale (The Truth About Sparrows) presents a poignant coming-of-age story set during the Galveston Storm of 1900.
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Forget the future, Seth and his family will be lucky to survive the next twenty-four hours.
People not hit by flying debris are swept away by rushing water.
Shingles and bricks are deadly missiles flying through the air.
Giant walls of Water crash in from the sea.
No one could have imagined anything like this.
Things seem to be looking up, until a storm warning is raised one sweltering afternoon.
Seth has a real job as a builder and the beach is within walking distance.
Still, the last few weeks of summer might not be so bad.
He longs to be a carpenter like his father, but his family has moved to Galveston so he can go to a good school.
Galveston, Texas, may be the booming city of the brand-new twentieth century, but to Seth, it is the end of a dream.
All of Galveston appeared to be under water.
The two seas met in the middle of Broadway, swirling over the wooden paving blocks, and I couldn\'t help but shudder at the sight.
With the entire city under water, will Seth and his family make it out alive? I looked and saw Water rushing in from Galveston Bay on one side and from the gulf on the other.
Hale (The Truth About Sparrows) presents a poignant coming-of-age story set during the Galveston Storm of 1900
