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32 pp.
| Lerner/Millbrook
| April, 2001
|
LibraryISBN 0-7613-1653-1$$23.90
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Vanessa Lubach.
Patti and her family live on a farm on the banks of the Mississippi. The heart-thumping story, loosely based on the floods of 1993, provides a dramatic look at the hardship created by flooding and at the dangers of combating it. Soft, realistic illustrations effectively capture the soggy scenes. Well-chosen details and a strong child character hold the reader's interest.