Hurricane

凱迪克金獎得主Jason Chin，最新知識繪本帶你一窺颶風的秘密

★《科克斯書評》星級推薦：「深具同理心、插圖精采且資訊豐富！」
★一場橫掃大西洋的三級颶風，一座島嶼社區的真實防災故事，結合氣象科學與人類堅韌精神的非凡繪本。

在北卡羅來納州外海的哈特拉斯島上，今天是一個風和日麗的日子。
但遠在大西洋深處，一場強烈颶風正快速逼近，每個人都在問——它何時登陸？又會登陸在哪裡？

日以繼夜，氣象學家透過衛星追蹤颶風動向；勇敢的飛行員冒險穿越風暴，躲避雷電，只為收集關鍵數據。
而在島上，居民們釘上木板、搬高家具、準備緊急用品，全力做好萬全準備，面對即將到來的風暴。

卡爾迪克獎與西伯特獎得主Jason Chin以精緻插圖與緊湊敘事，交織出三條故事主線——

📌 颶風的形成原理
📌 氣象科學家的觀測行動
📌 一個島嶼社區的應變準備

本書巧妙地穿插颶風路徑圖與島上日常生活場景，將自然災害與人類面對危機的智慧與情感並陳，是一本兼具教育性與情感厚度的科普繪本。

Caldecott Medalist Chin braids together three stories: how hurricanes form, how scientists track their potential impact, and how the people of Cape Hatteras, a barrier island off the North Carolina coast, prepare for landfall. . . Deeply empathetic, brilliantly illustrated, and chock-full of information.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Caldecott and Sibert Medalist Jason Chin charts the thrilling saga of an island community’s brush with a category three hurricane, and the cutting-edge science that helps them prepare.

It’s a beautiful day on Hatteras Island, North Carolina. But while all seems calm now, a hurricane is barreling across the Atlantic, and everyone is wondering when it will hit the U.S. coast. And where.

Night and day, meteorologists use satellites to monitor the storm. Brave pilots fly directly into the tempest, dodging lightning bolts to gather crucial data. Back on the island, families board up windows, drag furniture upstairs, and stock survival kits to prepare for what may come.

From its dramatic opening, Hurricane alternates between striking maps charting the hurricane’s progress and daily life on the island.