Bonus
Who is the author of Dark Water Rising?
Marian Hale is the author of Dark Water Rising.
The 16-year-old protagonist who dreams of becoming a master carpenter instead of attending college.
Who is Seth Braeden?
The Texas island city devastated by the 1900 hurricane.
What is Galveston?
The primary food item Seth and others eat for breakfast in the initial days following the disaster.
What are Soda Crackers?
he Texas town Seth’s family leaves behind when moving to Galveston in 1900.
What is Lampasas?
The Catholic school in Galveston that 16-year-old Ella Rose Covington attends.
What is Ursaline Academy?
The skilled young carpenter’s assistant who becomes Seth’s close friend on the job site.
Who is Josiah?
The specific date in September 1900 when the violent hurricane hits the island.
What is September 8, 1900?
Seth’s overwhelming fear as he navigates the ruined streets immediately after the storm subsides.
What is Seth's trying to find whether his family is alive or not?
The iconic wooden beach structure along the Galveston shore that collapses as the waves roll in.
What is the Pagoda?
The name of Ella Rose’s cousin who works alongside Seth and Josiah on the construction site.
Who is Henry Covington?
The girl living in Galveston whom Seth falls for before the hurricane strikes.
Who is Ella Rose Covington?
The massive wall of ruined homes, timber, and wreckage pushed inland by the gulf surge that shields parts of the island from further destruction.
What is the debris wall?
The weapon used by guards and troops to force men into clean-up and body retrieval work details.
What is a bayonet?
The master builder in Galveston who hires Seth as an apprentice carpenter.
Who is Mr.Peek?
The specific profession Papa pushes Seth to study for in college instead of working as a carpenter.
What is a doctor? (medicine)
The family member whose boarding house Seth and Josiah run toward as floodwaters begin closing in on the town.
Who is Aunt Julia?
The large residence where Seth, Josiah, and dozens of neighbors seek refuge during the peak of the storm.
What is the Veddar House?
The grim labor detail forced upon local men—including Josiah—to manage the thousands of storm victims.
What is loading bodies onto barges to be thrown out into the sea?
The warning signs raised near the beach on Friday that were ignored or brushed off by many residents.
What are storm flags?
The specific deadly airborne hazard that peels off house roofs and acts like lethal flying blades during the storm's peak.
What are slate shingles?
Josiah’s grandfather, a former enslaved man, whose wisdom and calm demeanor guide the boys through hard work.
Who is Ezra?
The young girl Seth rescues from floating debris in the rising floodwaters and brings to safety.
Who is Virginia?
The estimated casualty figure printed in early post-storm newspapers that Seth reads as rescue efforts begin.
What is 6,000 souls?
The contractor who hires Seth as a carpenter's assistant for the summer, fulfilling Seth's dream of building houses.
Who is Mr. Farrell?