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Author
Series
I survived volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
A young boy in the middle of one of the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since 1947.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2017].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history, tearing through three states and killing 700 people. The Joplin Tornado of 2011 was a mile-wide monster that destroyed heart of a vibrant city. The true stories of these two events plus fascinating facts, profiles of tornado scientists and storm chasers create a unique and thrilling nonfiction read, by the author of the New York Times bestselling I Survived series....
Author
Language
English
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Description
April 27, 2011 marked the climax of a superstorm that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through twenty-one states in three days, seven hours, and eighteen minutes. It was the deadliest day of the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history, which saw 348 people killed, entire neighborhoods erased, and $11 billion in damage. But from the terrible destruction emerged everyday heroes, neighbors, and strangers who rescued each other from hell on earth....
6) Tornadoes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind tornadoes, including where and why tornadoes happen and how to stay safe when the sky starts to swirl. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
8) Tornado
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.
Author
Publisher
Red Deer College Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When young Matthew, who feels safe and secure on his father's shoulders on their farm on the Canadian prairie, witnesses the power and devastation of a tornado firsthand, he realizes his father cannot shelter him from everything even though he loves him.
10) Tornadoes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of tornadoes. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
11) Tornadoes!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using her acclaimed combination of clear text and detailed illustrations, Gail Gibbons explains how tornadoes form, the scale used for classifying them, where they most commonly appear, and what to do in case one should be near you.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Readers will discover the science behind tornadoes and learn how first responders aid in the coping, healing, and rebuilding of the affected communities post-disaster. Focused on 21st Century content, the SEL- (social-emotional learning) and inquiry-based sidebars encourage young readers to think, create, guess, and ask questions. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, bibliography, and sidebars"--
14) Tornadoes
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Excite early readers about science and weather with a low-leveled search-and-find reader about tornadoes"--
15) One lucky girl
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though their trailer is destroyed by a tornado, a young boy's family is grateful because they find his baby sister alive.
16) Tornadoes
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A countdown of five of the most devastating tornadoes provides thrills as readers discover more about the features of this whirling, funnel-shaped weather phenomenon"--
17) Tornadoes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the location, nature, development, measurement, and destructive effects of tornadoes, as well as how to stay out of danger from them.
18) Out of the blue
Author
Publisher
Polaris Publications
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"...tells the fascinating story of the first recorded F5 tornado in Minnesota history and the tale of sisters, Linda (Haugen) Vaske and Pam Haugen, who were ripped from Linda's home and survived. The tornado struck Tracy on June 13, 1968, killing nine people. Although Linda lost all of her belongings, the tornado took something even more precious from her and she carried the burden of guilt for many years." --Cover.
20) The rescuer
Author
Language
English
Description
Stephen O'Malley is a paramedic who has been rescuing people all his life. His friend Meghan is in trouble: Stolen jewels are turning up in interesting places, and she's in the middle of it. Stephen is about to run into a night he will never forget—a kidnapping, a tornado, and a race to rescue the woman he loves.
Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become...
Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become...
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