Blizzard of glass
Subtitle: the Halifax explosion of 1917
By: Sally M. Walker
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9780545556439
Subjects: Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917; Juvenile literature; History; Explosions; Biography
Description: Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collision of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.
Notes: "Published by Scholastic Inc. ... by arrangement with Henry Holt and Company, LLC"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-140) and index.
Table of contents: title: A story to tell; title: Steaming toward disaster: November 25 to December 5; title: December 6, 1917; title: In Halifax Harbour; title: Shortly before nine o'clock; title: A horrendous explosion; title: The end of the world; title: Help!; title: A turn for the worse; title: The blame; title: Recovery and reconstruction; title: Time passes.