What Was Hurricane Katrina?
by Robin Michal Koontz and John Hinderliter • Part of the What Was? What Is? Series
On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history... read more
- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 7,499
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 880L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 176427, 1 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- New Orleans
- Disasters--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature
- Hurricanes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Louisiana
- Hurricanes
- Emergency management
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Disasters
- Disasters
- Disaster relief
- Emergency management--United States--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 21st Century
- Disaster relief--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
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