Dark Water Rising


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I looked and saw water rushing in from Galveston Bay on one side and from the gulf on the other. 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. All of Galveston appeared to be under water. Galveston, Texas, may be the booming city of the brand-new twentieth century, but to Seth, it is the end of a dream. He longs to be a carpenter like his father, but his family has moved to Galveston so he can go to a good school. Still, the last few weeks of summer might not be so bad. Seth has a real job as a builder and the beach is within walking distance. Things seem to be looking up, until a storm warning is raised one sweltering afternoon. No one could have imagined anything like this. Giant walls of water crash in from the sea. Shingles and bricks are deadly missiles flying through the air. People not hit by flying debris are swept away by rushing water. Forget the future, Seth and his family will be lucky to survive the next twenty-four hours. Dark Water Rising is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.




Bibliotheca Americana


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Excerpt from Bibliotheca Americana: Catalogue of American Publications, Including Reprints and Original Works, From 1820 to 1848, Inclusive Mother' 8 Medical Guide, 12mo cl Man of Two Worlds,18mo cl Sabbath School as it should be, 12mo cl Slate and Black-board Exercises, 18mo Tea. And Cofi'ee, their Effects on the Human System, 18mo pap Word to Teachers Young Housekeeper, cl Husbz111d, cl Man' 8 Guide, cl Woman's Guide, cl Wife, 01 on Vegetable Diet, 12mo cl 011 the Use of Tobacco, 18mo pap B., Conversations with Children 011 the Gos pels, 2 v.12mo Produce Tables, or Ready Calculator, shp 'alda, the Captive, by Agnes Strickland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.