The Day It Rained Forever: A Story of the Johnstown Flood cover

The Day It Rained Forever: A Story of the Johnstown Flood

Author: Gross, Virginia T.

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 4.2
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 7611
Points per Word 0.000131
Page Count 64
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

Christina Berwind and her family live in Johnstown. When the rains came, the dam that held Lake Conemaugh burst, unleashing a wall of water 125 feet high and rushing down the narrow valley at 50 miles an hour toward the town.