Flood warning

1960, Pantheon Books, Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition. Pages have tanned lightly. Translated from the French. Paul Berna tells a story about when a French boarding school is isolated by a raging flood, a boy and his teacher help fellow school members escape. A fast-paced story of danger, heroism, and loyalty. Against this background of tension, Paul Berna tells a story of changing loyalties and developing character that makes this book as memorable in its way as the author's two previous books, The Horse Wthout a Head and The Knights of King MIdas.