When the Dikes Broke

Summary

Everyone knew that a tile roof was a precarious perch. Everyone saw, too, that the steadily rising water had reached a corner of the attic floor near the stairway and was beginning to spread, slowly but surely, toward them.  Based on the great flood that swept over Holland in 1953, the gripping story When the Dikes Broke follows the tale of the van Rossem family as they are awakened by sirens and the clanging of church bells and soon realize that the dikes have broken. As the water rises to their roof, the family is separated, and a desperate and daring search is set in place for those who have been swept away. This adventurous story is packed with educational and moral value.  The Mission of The Good and the Beautiful Library: To bring back wholesome, high-quality books that were previously hard or impossible to find; to offer new, uplifting literature and clean-language versions of worthy classics; to give parents a place to buy books that are always clean and uplifting....

©1958 Jenny Phillips (P)2019 Steven Lerud