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Gr 1–5—On May 4, 2007, a treacherous tornado destroyed Greensburg, KS, "in nine-minutes flat." Eleven people died; the school, "hospital, nine churches, the water tower, the drugstore with its soda fountain, the grocery store, the two hotels, the three banks, the theater, and everything else—just gone." President George W. Bush declared Greensburg a national disaster area, and volunteers and donations arrived from all over. The inhabitants decided to rebuild: to make a tornado-proof town...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

On May 4, 2007, a tornado (shown in all its fury on a pre--title page spread with slashing lines, subdued colors, and frantic warnings) hit the small town of Greensburg, Kansas, leveling it and killing eleven people. Those who stayed (eight hundred -- a little over half of the original population) decided not only to rebuild the city but to create a community as environmentally sound as possible. Drummond adds to his body of ecologically themed books (Tin Lizzie, rev. 7/08, and others) by creating a first-person narrator from a composite of e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

On May 4, 2007, a tornado leveled Greensburg, Kansas. The citizens who stayed decided to rebuild a community as environmentally sound as possible. Drum...Log In or Sign Up to Read More