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Celestia, a sixteen‑year‑old from a wealthy family, spends the summer at Lake Conemaugh, an Allegheny Mountain hotel on the shores of a reservoir. She grows close to Peter, a hired hotel boy from the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Their friendship turns into a secret romance that could bring Celestia’s family disapproval. The story culminates on a fateful day in May 1889 when heavy rain causes the lake’s earthen dam to fail, releasing millions of tons of water onto Johnstown, devastating the town where Peter lives. Written as a novel in verse, the book explores class differences and the human impact of this historic flood.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Jame Richards
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