While salvaging and rebuilding in the aftermath of the Galveston flood of 1900, sixteen-year-old Seth proves himself in a way that his previous efforts never could, but he still must face his father man-to-man.
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.
A provocative thriller with an exhilarating climax, Black Water Rising marks the arrival of an electrifying new talent.
He'd been asked to read one Bible verse over Franklin Whitman's grave, and he'd readily agreed. His voice was strong and steady as he opened his Bible, then looked up. “We come here today to lay Franklin James Whitman to a long and ...
A courageous young woman comes of age in the midst of an historical tragedy, from the author of Dark Water Rising.
From the brave Thai Navy SEAL who lost his life while placing oxygen tanks along the passageways of the cave, to the British divers that ultimately swam the boys to safety, to the bravery of the boys and their coach, this is the ...
Now Robert Clark explores the Italian city’s greatest flood and its aftermath through the voices of its witnesses.
Although the warrior Valeros can rely on his swordarm and his friends, nothing can prepare him for the dangers that lurk ahead when the scattered and chaotic goblin tribes of Varisia change, grow in power, and unify in ways no one has ever ...
I went to the kingdom of Hesse, where we were born, and then to Kassel, where we went to school. I walked to the Amtshaus in Steinau, because Wilhelm and I had been happy there. I went to wait, like a child playing hide-and-go-find, ...
Filled with chills, New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden’s latest installment in the creep-tastic Small Spaces Quartet is sure to haunt.
The first volume of Susan Cooper's brilliant and absorbing fantasy series, The Dark Is Rising.