• Binding Paperback
  • 128 pages
  • Type Non-Fiction

Huracan. Mi historia de resiliencia.

Huracan. Mi historia de resiliencia.

  • Ages 8–12
  • Grades 3–8
  • Fiction or nonfiction Non-Fiction
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Español

Huracan. Mi historia de resiliencia.

Menos de tres semanas despues de que Salvador Gomez-Colon cumpliera quince anos, el huracan Maria azoto Puerto Rico y dejo a muchas familias sin acceso a recursos basicos. Incapaz de ignorar ese sufrimiento, Salvador inicio una campana de recaudacion de fondos que llevo lamparas solares y lavadoras manuales a miles de hogares. En primera persona relata sus vivencias durante la terrible tormenta, como lidio con la destruccion y su determinacion de hacer una diferencia. Huracan muestra a los jovenes lectores el poder del coraje, la compasion y la esperanza. "Una desgarradora e inspiradora historia de supervivencia". -- School Library Journal.

English

Hurricane: My Story of Resilience

Less than three weeks after Salvador Gomez-Colon turned fifteen, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving countless families without basic resources. Unable to ignore the suffering around him, Salvador launched a fundraising campaign that delivered solar lamps and hand-powered washing machines to thousands of households. In this firsthand account, he describes living through the terrifying storm, coping with its destruction, and choosing to act. Hurricane shows young readers how courage, compassion, and hope can carry a community through catastrophe. "A harrowing and inspiring story of survival and selflessness." -- School Library Journal, starred review.

Details and credits

Author & illustrator Spanish book type and author
Spanish book type
Transadapted
Author
Salvador Gomez- Colon
Book details Type, binding, genre, fiction or nonfiction and more
Type
Non-Fiction
Binding
Paperback
Genre
Biography and Autobiography
Fiction or nonfiction
Non-Fiction
Subject
Latin American History and Culture
Pages
128
Dimensions
5.5 x 8.3 x .4 (Inches)
Reader fit Ages and grades
Ages
8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Grades
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6-8
Publication details ISBN, publisher and copyright
ISBN
9781324052708
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Copyright
2023