Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 Audiobook

" Recommended by a teen librarian friend - and I'm so glad I read it. I never even knew about this horrific event even though it wasn't all that far from where I grew up. (Way before my time, however!) It was a little hard to follow the different people though, but well worth reading. "

" I had never even heard of this historical event before reading this book. Walker does an amazing job of pulling the reader right into the story. I could not put it down. So far, this is my choice for the Sibert Award this year. "

" The Blizzard of Glass was a good book it explained to you how the ship blew up and also it told you how bad life was after the explosion. The best part of the book i thought was when all the sounding citys help rebuild and give food, shelter to the people of Halifax. "

" Sally M. Walker writes compelling nonfiction for kids. This book is about a horrific collision that occurred in Halifax Harbor between two ships bound for Europe and World War I. One ship contained highly explosive munitions, and the resulting blast created a shock wave that killed almost 2000 people on either side of the harbor. Walker tells the story through the eyes of real victims and survivors, making her narrative even more powerful. This is a book on the 2014 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list. "

" Read this since I have been to Halifax and heard about the explosion. It was interesting to read about some of the people who were affected by the explosion-what they were doing the morning of and where they were when it happened. The force of the blast was just unbelievable. I didn't know that it caused a tsunami in the harbor. "

" A good overview of a bewildering event. Now I have to re-read Burden of Desire by Robert McNeil. "

" It was not as exciting as I thought it would be. It was also a little confusing to follow the different families in their tales of the event. It was interested learning about something so devastating that happened not so far from home! "

" I find this topic fascinating, I read an adult book on it a few years back. While I liked how the author wove the real stories through it, I also found that there were too many individual stories to keep track of well. "

" I thought this book was interesting.However I felt the book was dry. it was a slow beginning. This book was interesting to learn about the Halifax Explosion, which is something I have never learned about before. It was interesting to see how real people were used the book. "

" Interesting story, though I think a long magazine article would have been just as good as a book. There aren't many parts I felt compelled to repeat, which is usually the line between solid nonfiction and great nonfiction for me. "

" Give to disaster fans "

" Another piece of history of which I had never heard. Very well written and interesting. "

" Great non-fiction on the Halifax Explosion "

" I knew nothing about this incident. I devoured the book and have shared it with my family. Even my dad read it, and he seldom reads books. "

" A strong non-fiction text for junior high or older. I had never heard of the incident that is the story of the book--but what a compelling read: The largest man-made explosion until the atomic bomb. Amazing details. Some passages would work very well for mentor texts for informational writing. "

" I had never heard of the Halifax Explosion, and so I learned a lot. What a very sad time in history. There are a lot of accounts in here, and at times I felt that I should be graphing what was happening to each family. I can't imagine what it must have been like for those people. "