“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)

“In impeccably crisp signature-style illustrations, Caldecott Medalist Chin opens this picture book with a series of sweeping, high-altitude images of a whirling hurricane forming over the Atlantic and heading for North Carolina’s Hattaras Island.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“In a thorough, thoughtful overview aimed at younger audiences, Chin gives a topic of growing concern as hurricanes increase in number and intensity.”
—Booklist

“Both the text and the illustrations balance the necessarily clinical approach of the scientists with the real human cost of the storm. . . . The delicate art is surprisingly effective in conveying the enormity of the situation, with layered watercolors in aqua and stark white dominating aerial spreads and thin, detailed linework tracing downed trees, worried humans, and of course, the cat.”
—Bulletin Center for Children’s Books