Hurricane Heat
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication Year
2013
ISBN
9781459802131
Pages
176 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Years after Travis's parents die in a car crash and he and his younger sister, Amanda, are separated, Travis sets out to search for her at the risk of losing an opportunity for a future baseball career.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family member death; Foster care; death of parents; foster home; foster parents; foster children
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
foster parents
Keywords
baseball; brothers and sisters; missing children; California; car accident
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Barwin, Steve, "Hurricane Heat" (2013). Diverse Families. 1047.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1047