Storm (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481403023)

A sixteen-year-old stowaway discovers her destiny on Noah's ark in this riveting reimagining from award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli, available in time for the March 2014 major motion picture Noah.

The rain starts suddenly, hard and fast. After days of downpour, her family lost, Sebah takes shelter in a tree, eating pine cones and the raw meat of animals that float by. With each passing day, her companion, a boy named Aban, grows weaker. When their tree is struck by lightning, Sebah is tempted just to die in the flames rather than succumb to a slow, watery death. Instead, she and Aban build a raft. What they find on the stormy seas is beyond imagining: a gigantic ark. But Sebah does not know what she'll find on board, and Aban is too weak to leave their raft.

Themes of family, loss, and ultimately, survival and love make for a timeless story. Donna Jo Napoli has imagined a new protagonist to tell the story of Noah and his ark. As rain batters the earth, Noah, his family, and hordes of animals wait out the storm, ready to carry out their duty of repopulating the earth. Hidden below deck...is Sebah.

Author: Donna Jo Napoli
ISBN-10: 1481403028
ISBN-13: 9781481403023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Language: English
Published: 02/11/2014
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 165396 / Storm

Award: National Jewish Book Award - Finalist
Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Publishers Weekly 01/27/2014
School Library Journal 02/01/2014 pg. 110
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2014
Booklist 02/15/2014 pg. 82
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2014 pg. 103
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 122 - Superior,Well Above Average