I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis

Still reeling from the life-changing challenges that propelled him and his mother across the country, Josh struggles to adapt to a more rustic, down-to-earth lifestyle that couldn't be more different from the one he is used to. In the 20th I Survived book, readers join eleven-year-old Josh as he leaves his New Jersey home for the rural northern California town where his cousins live. But nothing could have prepared them for the devastating 2018 fire season, the deadliest in 100 years and the most destructive in history. The people of Northern California were used to living with the threat of wildfires. In this thrilling installment of Lauren Tarshis's New York Times bestselling I Survived series, one child finds safety only to head back into the treacherous waters to make sure his neighbors are safe. By morning, hundreds of homes were destroyed. But what started as entertainment soon turned into a nightmare as those wild waves crashed into the city. They gathered on the beach to cheer on the wild waves. Galveston was prone to flooding, but just a few years before, a weather forecaster had said the idea of a hurricane striking Galveston was absurd.So when a storm started brewing on September 8, 1900, no one believed it would be any worse than previous storms.

Perched on an island off the southern coast of Texas, it was Texas's richest and most important city. Lauren Tarshis's story of one child surviving the horrible event churns with page-turning action and bold hope.īy 1900, the city of Galveston, Texas, was booming.

More than a century later, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is still America's deadliest disaster.

I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis