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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This informational text is packed with facts and sidebars about historical and modern-day disasters such as the Space Shuttle Challenger, the Great Smog of London, the Pacific Garbage Patch, the Library of Alexandria, Chernobyl, and more. Featuring TIME© content and images, the high-interest content will engage students in reading as they build their comprehension, vocabulary, and reading skills. Text features, a Reader's Guide, and the extended...
2) Bewitching
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Kendra chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Kendra, a witch, and the first three-hundred years of her life, including takes on a classic fairy tale, the 1666 plague in Britain, the Titanic disaster, and the story of a modern-day, plain stepsister.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Readers explore the ways that out-of-control water can devastate an area. They will read explanations of how tsunamis form and the range of things that can cause flooding, including heavy rains, hurricanes, and dam collapses. They will learn about past disasters, such as the Johnstown Flood and the tsunamis that hit the Indian Ocean and Japan in 2004 and 2011, respectively. They will also glean reassuring tips on how to react if ever caught in a flood...
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Flashback Four volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sent back in time to 79 AD, on a mission to photograph the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Flashback Four race to get their picture.
8) Tornadoes
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Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This book explains what Tornado Alley is, and introduces the Enhanced Fujita scale, which is used to measure the destructiveness of these storms.
11) Wildfires
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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.
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Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 5
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English
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While on a mission to prove to Merlin that they can use magic wisely, Jack and Annie travel to seventeenth-century Venice, Italy, to save the city from disaster. Merlin has asked Jack and Annie to help on another Merlin Mission. This time they head back into history to Venice, Italy, in the 1700s. With the help of some new friends, a research book, and a mysterious rhyme from Merlin, the heroes will save the beautiful city from a flood! Yet another...
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Publisher Annotation: When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer romance, a fake one wasn't what she had in mind. That was before she met the perfect girl. Willow is gorgeous, glamorous, and...heartbroken? And when she enlists Nozomi to pose as her new girlfriend to make her ex jealous, Nozomi is a willing volunteer. Because Nozomi has a master plan of her own: one to show Willow she's better than a stand-in, and turn their fauxmance into something...
16) Alligator bayou
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.
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Mason Dixon volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Mason's parents keep trying to get him a pet, but until he and his best friend Brody adopt a three-legged dog, he is not interested.
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Series
Mason Dixon volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Mason struggles to enjoy playing basketball after his best friend persuades him to join a team, and learns that the dog-hating lady next door is not so bad after all.
20) Sunrise
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Series
Ashfall trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Nearly a year after the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, survival has become harder than ever and Alex and Darla must risk everything to try to create a community that can withstand the ongoing disaster.
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