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Smoke on the Water
Paperback
General Juvenile FictionHistory
Publisher: Journeyscript Publishers LLC
Published: Sep 7 2026
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.16 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
OCTOBER 1948. A lethal thermal inversion has trapped corrosive industrial fumes over Donora, Pennsylvania. The streetlights glow faintly at midday, birds are dropping from telephone wires, and each breath burns your lungs like acid.
YOU ARE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD SAM KOWALSKI.
When a wall of deadly industrial smog cuts your neighborhood off from help, survival becomes a game of seconds. Your family is stranded, emergency services have run out of oxygen tanks, and every room in your house is filling with toxic gas.
EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE WILL SHAPE YOUR DESTINY:
- Will you evacuate up the steep bluffs into the clear air, risking disorientation in zero-visibility fog?
- Will you stay inside and build an improvised air scrubber using household supplies?
- Will you search the darkened mill district to rescue your father?
Packed with historical accuracy, authentic 1940s details, and life-or-death decision trees, 'Smoke on the water' delivers an unforgettable lesson on the catastrophe that birthed modern environmental safety laws.
Make your choice. Turn the page. Survive the fog.
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