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Author
Series
I survived volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy in the middle of one of the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since 1947.
2) Twisters!
Author
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about twisters, from the scientists who track them to the people who have their lives turned upside down by the swirling winds"--
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 23
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado.
4) Tornado
Author
Language
English
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.
5) Tornadoes
Author
Language
English
Description
Describes the location, nature, development, measurement, and destructive effects of tornadoes, as well as how to stay out of danger from them.
6) Twisters!
Author
Language
English
Description
Describes how tornadoes and hurricanes form and the damage they do.
8) Tornadoes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A simple exploration of tornadoes, examining how these spinning storms develop, how scientists watch for them and measure their strength, and the damage 'twisters' can cause"--
9) Tornadoes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Describes the causes, different parts, and movements of tornadoes, discusses how they are tracked and studied by scientists, and suggests science projects and related activities.
12) About average
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
13) Tornadoes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the causes and environmental effects of tornadoes.
14) I'm silly!
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This board book explores why Tizzy Tornado is silly.
16) Promise
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression, two women worlds apart-one black, one white; one a great-grandmother, the other a teenager-fight for their families' survival in this lyrical and powerful novel
"Gwin's gift shines in the complexity of her characters and their fraught relationships with each other, their capacity for courage and hope, coupled with their...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in history tore a path of destruction more than 200 miles long across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The giant tornado demolished several towns and killed hundreds of people. Will you take shelter in your basement or try to outrun the tornado in your new Model T car? Do you stay inside your school or risk running to your church to take shelter there? Will you ignore the storm like your father says or get...
18) The talent show
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After a devastating tornado destroys much of Cape Bluff, Kansas, residents come together as a community to put on a talent show as a fund-raiser.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Documents the life and achievements of late engineer and storm chaser Tim Samaras, describing his development of innovative new tools and his life-risking efforts in pursuit of scientific information that has transformed the field of meteorology.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part quirky love story, part philosophical manifesto, and part metaphysical mystery ... right at home with the works of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore" ( Sacramento Book Review ). A prisoner spins a playing card into a somersault, stirring a whirlwind that becomes a tornado that takes the roof off a church in nearby Normal, Illinois. Elizabeth Wildhack is born in that church and someday she will meet that prisoner, a man named Diablo, on the streets...
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