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Hurricane
is a great book and I would recommend it to any reader! This book is based on a true story of Hurricane
Mitch’s devastation in the Honduras in 1998.
The book is not too long, about 134 pages, and is full of suspense to
keep you interested. It is about a small
town in the Honduras called La Rupa. La
Rupa is home to twelve families until a major Hurricane comes and their small town
is hit with a mudslide ruining houses and killing many people. The main
character Jose has to find the courage to search for his neighbors, food, and clean
water in the midst of the wreckage. Can
you imagine being only 13 years old and dealing with all that
responsibility? As Jose tries to put his
town back together, he also worries about his dad, brother, sister, and dog who
have been missing since the hurricane and the reader is also left wondering
what happens to them until the very last chapter. I really liked this book because it continued
to surprise me as I learned about more of the damage from the hurricane and I
loved how the book gave me a firsthand glimpse at what it would be like to live
through a natural disaster. Even after
reading this book I had to know more about Hurricane Mitch and continued to
wonder about the true experiences of the Honduran people during this time.
“Suddenly there is a tremendous explosion, like the world is
cracking in two. All the lights below me
go out, and I can’t tell if I am flying or falling in the darkness. The wild
parrots disappear. I hear a strange,
distant sound of crying and moaning. In
the darkness, just waking up from my dream, I am confused. The earth quivers under my bed.”