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When fourteen-year-old Abby Kate boards the train in Austin to spend three weeks with her grandmother in Galveston, shes full of excitementabout the train ride and the prospect of days on the beach, exploring Galveston with her cousin Jane, family picnics, and her grandmothers good food. But things go wrong even before she gets to her grandmothers house. Abby Kate gets off the train briefly in Houstonand the train leaves without her. Stranded in the railroad station, she is befriended by a man traveling with his two sons and eventually reaches Galveston safely. Then word comes that Abby Kates young brother, Will, has diphtheria, and she will have to stay in Galveston indefinitely. Abby Kate is still in Galveston on September 8 when a massive hurricane strikes the city. At first the prospect of a storm is exciting. But as Abby Kate takes an ill-advised trip to watch the waves crash on the beach, the storm turns into a terrifying monster. Unable to make it back to Grandmother Lindens house, Abby Kate, her older cousin Ellen, and Ellens friend Ian take refuge in the home of one of Ians teachers. When the house falls apart, Abby Kate is on her own, clinging to a plank in swirling water

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Author

Julie Anne Lake

Publisher

Texas Christian University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780875652726

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.31 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13