Author: Sally M. Walker
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Reviewer: Ana
Summary: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 is one of the largest man-made explosions up to the atomic bomb. Two thousand dead, more than six thousand were blinded, and a fifth of the city were left homeless. On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in the Halifax Harbor in Canada. One of the ships was full of munitions, both ships intended to go to Europe. This terrible explosion hit two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, killing nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn't devastating enough, a blizzard hit the next day, dumping more than a foot of snow on the area.
Review: A
comprehensive picture of the Halifax Explosion of 1917 is told through
pictures, survivor stories, and well researched information in Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of
1917. This book is a 2014 Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Book Award Winner. These stories definitely touched my heart.
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