Aronin, M. (2010). Mangled by a hurricane! New York, NY: Bearport.
The book is about hurricane Katrina hitting the city of New Orleans and one family's experience who stayed throughout the storm. Their home was located in the lower Nineth Ward of New Orleans, a section that recieved severe damage from Katrina. The author mixes information about the family with general information about hurricanes and hurricane Katrina specifically. The photos in this book are very moving as well as informative. The book provides additional information on famous hurricanes that have come a shore in the U.S. and hurricane safety tips. This book would provide some excellent information for a student writing a report on hurricanes.
If you like this book you may like Slammed by a Tsunami or Erased by a Tornado both books are by the same author.
Discussion Questions:
1. Explain why you think after the governor had declared a state of emergency for Louisiana on Friday, August 26th, three days before Katrina came to shore, that thousands of people did not evacuate the city and go to other locations. For each reason you give, state a pro or con for the reason based upon your personal views.
2. Describe how people across the country helped the survivors of hurricane Kartina.
The link below is the author's website, which has a link to her Amazon web page. I could not find a photo of the author on either of these websites unless one subcribes to a certain website.
http://http://www.linkedin.com/pub/miriam-aronin/8/210/38b
The link below is a website for the St. Bernard Project if you are interested in learning more about this project that mentioned in the book.
http://http://www.stbernardproject.org/v158/
Thanks for sharing this informational series. I teach second grade and one of the Science standards we teach is to observe and measure the different types of weather. These books would be a great addition to my classroom library so students can learn about the different types of severe weather: hurricanes, tsunami, and tornados. It would be good to give them the actual perspective of a person that experienced the effects of diasterous weather.
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