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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes ... Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events."--barnesandnoble.com
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival. Read their incredible stories: The...
4) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses tsunamis and areas where they are most prevalent, the damage they can inflict, some specific tsunamis in history, and explains how to survive this type of disaster.
5) Earthquakes
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses earthquakes and areas where they are most prevalent, the damage they can inflict, some specific earthquakes in history, and explains how to survive this type of disaster.
6) Wildfires
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses causes of wildfires and areas where they are most prevalent, the damage they can inflict, some specific wildfires in history, and explains how to prevent this type of disaster.
7) Floods
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses floods and areas where they are most prevalent, the damage they can inflict, some specific floods in history, and explains how to survive this type of disaster.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"From the critically acclaimed author of The List comes a stunning new novel about a girl who must say goodbye to everything she knows after a storm wreaks havoc on her hometown. What if your town was sliding underwater and everyone was ordered to pack up and leave? How would you and your friends spend your last days together? While the adults plan for the future, box up their possessions, and find new places to live, Keeley Hewitt and her friends...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
This bestselling author of High Crimes explores what causes forest fires and captures their danger and the heroism of those who fight them.
In Megafire, a world-renowned journalist and forest fire expert travels to dangerous and remote wildernesses, as well as to the backyards of people faced with these catastrophes, to look at the heart of this phenomenon and witness firsthand the heroic efforts of the
...10) The kill order
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mark struggles to make sense of his new, post-disaster world in this prequel to The Maze Runner"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On September 1, 1894, two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, trapping more than two thousand people. The fire created its own weather, including hurricane-strength winds, bubbles of plasma-like glowing gas, and 200-foot-tall flames. As temperatures reached 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit, the firestorm knocked down buildings and carried flaming debris high into the sky. Two trains--one with every single car on fire--became the only...
12) Into the storm
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a series of strong storms hits a small town, the local residents and a series of storm chasers try to track the storm while documenting the devastation it is causing.
14) The impossible
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time. But the true-life terror is tempered by the unexpected displays of compassion, courage, and simple kindness that Maria and her family encounter during the darkest hours of their lives.
15) Ice storms
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
16) Heat waves
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most severe heat waves; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
17) The final storm
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious storm hits the world, Tom and Gillian find themselves turning to each other for answers. With their town in ruins, their neighbors vanished, and their pet dog missing, their family is at a loss. As the family comes to terms with what they have lost in the storm, they are threatened by a danger that could prove even more catastrophic than the forces of nature.
Author
Language
English
Description
"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly...
20) Adrift
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When two sailors set out on a long journey, they pass through a dangerous storm and must find a way to survive.
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