When the Hurricane Blew

A Fund Raising Project to Help Hurricane Kids Everywhere

Written by Real Hurricane Kids

Whenever a hurricane threatens a community, the parents and grandparents get very busy with hurricane preparations. Kids are often fearful and have their own hurricane preparations to make. If the storm hits, then kids need even more help dealing with the devastation and recovery. That’s why this book has quickly become a national sensation–featured on CNN and many other media outlets. Created by hurricane kids for hurricane kids, When the Hurricane Blew offers a heartwarming story to help kids understand what is happening around them. It offers tips from kids who have been there and a collection of games kids can enjoy while in the car evacuating, while without electrical power, or while displaced after the storm. It is a great way to help kids understand what to expect and how to deal with the fear and uncertainty caused by an approaching hurricane and its aftermath.

This book was written by a team of 4th grade kids (affectionately known as Mann’s Miracles) who have personally experienced direct hits from two major hurricanes within a single year and the resulting devastation to their Gulf Breeze, Florida community. They know first hand what it’s like to be a kid, watch a hurricane approach, and then experience the community-wide tragedy it can cause. The experience moved them to create this book. It’s sure to help kids understand what to expect as the storm approaches and … in the event of a direct hit … find comfort in knowing that their hearts and lives will heal.

The royalties generated by the sale of this book are donated to kids affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita through the Hurricane Kids Network™—a nonprofit hurricane relief corporation started by the kids and run by an all-kid board of directors.

See what other readers have to say…

“… The most important book ever written for kids who have suffered or will suffer the effects of a hurricane.”
—School councilor, Certified Traumatologist, and Disaster Mental Health Specialist.

“This book is an excellent tool that children and adults can use to understand and cope with disaster.”
—Mike Burleson, Lead School Psychologist, Santa Rosa District Schools

Watch the Kids on CNN!