"For sixteen-year-old Jillian McKay, the threat of Hurricane Danielle means a long car ride with her neighbors--including River Daughtry, the former star quarterback of Harrison High. The guy who was headed to glory until suddenly he disappeared to a West Texas juvenile detention center. Once cocky and flirtatious, he's now silent and angry. When their evacuation route is gridlocked, River is the first to recognize the danger they're in. Together he and Jillian set out to seek shelter in their abandoned high school. As they wait out the storm, they confront the past and realize survival is about more than just staying alive--it's about fighting for yourself."--Publisher's description.
year: 2016
call number/section: 1000
subjects: interpersonal relations, fiction, survival, hurricanes, houston (tex.), fiction, texas, high school students, young adult fiction
Editions
Blumenthal, Deborah
Albert Whitman & Company (2016)
When Houston is threatened by a hurricane, Jillian ends up riding out the storm in her abandoned school with her neighbor, River, a boy who was mysteriously expelled from school.
Schools: 1
Blumenthal, Deborah
"For sixteen-year-old Jillian McKay, the threat of Hurricane Danielle means a long car ride with her neighbors--including River Daughtry, the former star quarterback of Harrison High. The guy who was headed to glory until suddenly he disappeared to a West Texas juvenile detention center. Once cocky and flirtatious, he's now silent and angry. When their evacuation route is gridlocked, River is the first to recognize the danger they're in. Together he and Jillian set out to seek shelter in their abandoned high school. As they wait out the storm, they confront the past and realize survival is about more than just staying alive--it's about fighting for yourself."--Publisher's description.
Schools: 1