The Flood: The Dangerous Exploits of Three Girls a Cat and a Boat: 4 (Elizabeth Books)

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 dont 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 decision: 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 didnt know she had. But will they find their families before its too late? Even though this book is classified for ages 9-12 younger children might be able to read this as well.