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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
930L
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: ...
2) Hard rain
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of Pay Dirt Road comes Hard Rain, Samantha Jayne Allen's mesmerizing next novel set in a hardscrabble Texas town dealing with disaster. In shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett, Texas and killed a dozen others. Six months after solving the murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as an apprentice...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The Titan Project-an international research station off the coast of Australia-discovers a thriving zone of life in an otherwise dead sea. The area teems with a strange bioluminescent coral that defies science, yet holds great promise for the future. But the loss of a military submarine in the area triggers a brutal attack and sets in motion a geological disaster that destabilizes an entire region. Massive quakes, volcanic eruptions, and deadly tsunamis...
Author
Series
Maze runner volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
This is the story that fans all over the world have been waiting for: the story of how Thomas and WICKED built the Maze. Once there was a world's end. The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled. Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man. Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy. The boy's name was Thomas, and...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins comes an in-depth look at the world's natural disasters, broken down into four distinct categories: earth, weather, life, and space. From timelines of causes and outcomes of each disaster, graphs highlighting humans' effect on the earth, and a text teeming with fresh, unexpected, and accurate information ready for readers to easily devour, Disasters by the Numbers is unmatched and sure...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Gripping true stories of real kids who have survived horrifying disasters from the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series! From 14-year-old Joseph Dunn who was the lone survivor of the Shark Attacks of 1916, to 9-year-old Mike Kramer who, with the help of his quick-thinking parents, survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), to the 13-year-old girl who survived...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
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
12) Disasters
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
IG 1030L
Language
English
Description
Takes a close-up look at some of nature's biggest disasters including tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, tsunamis, wildfires, and pandemics.
13) Tornadoes
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to tornadoes. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Disasterology, Dr. Montano, a disaster researcher, brings readers with her on an eye-opening journey through some of our worst disasters, helping readers make sense of what really happened from a emergency management perspective. She explains why we aren't doing enough to prevent or prepare for disasters, the critical role of media, and how our approach to recovery was not designed to serve marginalized communities. Now that climate change is...
15) Tsunamis
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to tsunamis. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
16) Earthquakes
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to earthquakes. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Describes earthquakes and other disasters which have occurred throughout the world, including the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., and the Yellow River flood in 1887.
19) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Publisher
Pop!, a division of Abdo
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text explore the science behind how tsunamis form, where they most commonly occur, and how people can best stay safe during one. Features include a table of contents, two infographics, fun facts, a sidebar, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
HL 760L
Language
English
Description
With their town sliding underwater and everyone being ordered to leave, Keeley and her friends gather to make the most of every minute they have left together, prompting Keeley to take a final chance at winning over a longtime crush.
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