{"product_id":"9780544673052","title":"Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus’ Best of 2015 list\u003cbr\u003e School Library Journal Best of 2015\u003cbr\u003e Publishers Weekly’s Best of 2015 list\u003cbr\u003e Horn Book Fanfare Book\u003cbr\u003e Booklist Editor's Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The riveting tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism, and courage—and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality.\u003cbr\u003e         Don Brown’s kinetic art and as-it-happens narrative capture both the tragedy and triumph of one of the worst natural disasters in American history. A portion of the proceeds from this book has been donated to Habitat for Humanity New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102157291760,"sku":"9780544673052","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780544673052_p0.jpg?v=1763713275","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780544673052","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}