This book is by the popular author of two dog-related books, Thunder from the Sea and Star in the Storm. Blown Away chronicles the hurricane which devastated much of the Florida Keys in the last century.
The setting is the Depression and a boy named Jake tells the story. How he and his family survive the hurricane is just part of this story about Jake, his friend, a cantankerous former soldier, a dog and a mule.
Although part of the story is very sad, the life lessons are not and the reader leaves it feeling very satisfied. How Jake survives the hurricane and who does not survive make this a book that is difficult to put down.
This book made me want to visit Florida again to smell the smells and feel the heat that Jake did.
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