What happened is that through a series of miscommunications and bad decision making, two ships collided in the Narrows section of the Halifax Harbour on December 6, 1917. She includes lots of maps, photos, and diagrams, making it easy to follow the action and to identify with the victims. In fact, it makes it the perfect introduction to the incident.
Walker writes for the middleschool crowd, I am guessing, but it does not lesson the impact of this story. She mentioned this book in her post, so I requested it from the library, and I'm glad I did. I had not heard about this disaster before Julia chose an article about it as a feature for her Clickbait! last year, which was the 100th anniversary of the explosion. It can be just as informative for adults as it is for young adults.Blizzard of Glass was a fascinating, non-fiction account of a tragic event many people, perhaps Canadians excluded, may know little about Read more the word alliance as in European Alliance), it doesn’t necessarily read like one. Although written as a YA book, aside from sometimes explaining words an adult might not need to have explained (i.e. She uses a variety of source documents, including historical photos and maps which help to give the narrative a breathtaking, you-are-there feel. The narrative also follows five families who were living in Halifax that day. Walker tells of the ships, the collision and subsequent explosion, and the relief and recovery efforts.
Halifax, Nova Scotia was a busy, important port during WWI when two ships bound for that conflict, one carrying relief supplies and the other loaded with TNT and benzene, collided in the harbor, setting off a horrific explosion. 6, 1917, thousands of miles and an ocean away from the WWI front, an explosion flattened a harbor city and killed nearly 2,000 people.
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