Tornado Quotes

“Five-Thirty”
― Betsy Byars, Tornado (Trophy Chapter Books

“my father pushed back his chair and said, “Let’s go see the damage.”
― Betsy Byars, Tornado (Trophy Chapter Books

“My daddy said, “Well, you kids better stay close to the house.” The morning went by, slow and scary. We did stay close to the house. Folks didn’t call our part of the country Tornado Alley for nothing. Along about lunch, it hit. Only there was no warning like we had today. No funnel cloud, no nothing. One minute we were eating beans and biscuits at the table. Next there was a roar—worse than a train—worse than a hundred trains. And then there came a terrible tearing sound, like the world was being ripped apart. I can still hear it in my mind. I looked up, and I saw sky. The ceiling was”
― Betsy Byars, Tornado (Trophy Chapter Books

“Pete opened the cellar doors.”
― Betsy Byars, Tornado (Trophy Chapter Books

“What’s gotten into him?” “Five-Thirty,” I called back. “I didn’t ask the time,” she called. “Get that dog out of there, and fill that hole in.”
― Betsy Byars, Tornado (Trophy Chapter Books