The Flood: The Dangerous Exploits of Three Girls, a Cat and a Boat

by Wendy Bartlett

When eleven-year-old Elizabeth is left to babysit her four-year-old sister one rainy night, neither of them expect the adventure that unfolds. Their parents don’t return home, and by morning there is a flood that fills the first floor of their house. Elizabeth must take initiative and make an agonizing whether to stay put where her parents might find them or to be brave and leave home to go in search of their parents. Dangers loom in either scenario. Then Elizabeth and her sister Amanda rescue a neighbor, seven-year-old Maya, and her cat. In this adventure for girls, the three lost children and the cat together set out in a little red boat, looking for their mothers and fathers. As they struggle to survive the flood waters, find food, and make their way among the ruins left behind by the rising tides, the quest forces Elizabeth to rise to new levels of courage, bravery, and resourcefulness she didn’t know she had. But will they find their families before it’s too late?

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 20, 2017

Reviews

[Judy M Reyes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although this is a juvenile fiction, it’s good as an easy read for grownups like me. A brave, plucky girl is the main character. Left in charge of her younger sister while her parents attend a meeting, she must figure out a way through danger. Without being a spoiler, enough to say that it is a sweet tale with girl-power, and I enjoyed reading it.

[Deborah King · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three young girls set out to find their parents in the midst of a natural disaster in this story of hope, courage, determination, adventure, and empathy.
While the story ended happily, I did have reservations about the age of the children who were left unsupervised and wondered how this book would affect a sensitive child.

[like bro, hot doggg · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's ok

I liked it Because It was...I don't know I just liked it I was just kind of Confused on why They didn't just Go And get a boat from someone's garage that actually has a Motor But other than that it was Okay Kind of slow moving but okay