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Author Gross, Virginia T.

Title The day it rained forever : a story of the Johnstown flood / by Virginia T. Gross ; illustrated by Ronald Himler.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 1991.

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Location Call No. Status
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J GROSS    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J GROSS    Check Shelf
Description 52 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series Once upon America
Once upon America.
Note For ages 7-11.
Contents The warning -- The pelting -- The bursting -- The raging -- The bringing -- The naming -- The waiting.
Summary Christina Berwind and her family live in Johnstown. When the rains came, the dam that held Lake Conemaugh burst, unleashing a wall of water 125 feet high and rushing down the narrow valley at 50 miles an hour toward the town.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.2 1.0 6643.
Subject Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown -- Fiction.
Natural disasters -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown -- Fiction.
Floods -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown -- Fiction.
Natural disasters -- Pennsylvania -- Johnstown -- Fiction.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- Fiction.
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) -- Fiction.
Added Author Himler, Ronald, illustrator.
ISBN 0670835528: $11.95
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