outside, the wind is howling. it is a monster shrieking to get inside. outside, the rain is a solid wall of water. everything is dark. everything is destroyed. everything is gone…. Everything except for the desperate courage of those who survive that terrifying night. After hours of cowering in the dark with no lights, no warmth, and the terrible noises of the rain and wind pounding on the walls, José walks out his front door and steps into a nightmare. But his nightmare has only begun as he and the few who are left in his small village start to pull their lives back together. Based on Hurricane Mitch’s devastation of Honduras in 1998, Terry Trueman’s powerful story is about a young boy’s fear and courage in the face of a force of nature too huge to even imagine.

Related: Honduras, Latin America, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780060000189
• Author: Trueman, Terry
• Published: 2008, HarperCollins
• Themes: Courage, Hurricanes, Survival
• Descriptors: Honduras, Latin America, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
• No. of pages: 144