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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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: ...
Author
Series
I survived volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The city of Galveston, Texas, was booming. Perched on an island off the southern coast of Texas, Galveston had been founded in the 1830s. By 1900, it was Texas's richest and most important city. Boats loaded up with American cotton and wheat steamed from Galveston to countries around the world. Arriving ships were crowded with immigrants. The streets, paved with crushed oyster shells, sparkled like they'd been sprinkled with diamonds. True, this...
Author
Series
Publisher
Riverdale Avenue Books/Quest Imprint
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Newt has been to hell and back with his friends. The Glade. The Maze. The Scorch. The inner halls of WICKED. But now he has a burden that can't be shared with Thomas and the other, the Flare. And Newt can't bear the thought of his friends watching him descend into madness as he succumbs to the virus. Leaving only a note, Newt departs the Berg before the Gladers return from their mission into Denver, Colorado. From there, he experiences the gritty...
4) Sky on Fire
Author
Series
Monument 14 volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
After repairing a school bus, the group of survivors splits in two, with one group heading to the airport in hopes of reuniting with their parents and saving their dying friend and the other trying to rebuild the community they lost.
A group of survivors, originally trapped together in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, has split in two -- one group heading to Denver airport on a repaired school bus, the other remaining in the Sanctuary...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the moon's gravitational pull increases, causing massive natural disasters on earth, Miranda and her family struggle to survive in a world without cities or sunlight, and wonder if anyone else in still alive.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo on September 1, 1923, twelve-year-old Fumiko must navigate the ensuing chaos and confusion in her fight for survival. Includes information about the Great Kanto Earthquake, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
Author
Series
Molly Moon volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Molly Moon's hypnotic eyes give her the power to stop the world and travel through time. Now Molly makes a stunning new discovery - she's a mind reader! But can her incredible talents help to rescue her lost twin from future? And will Molly be a match for the maniacal Princess Fang and her crazy mind machine?
11) Monument 14
Author
Series
Monument 14 volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Six high school kids, two eighth-graders, and six little kids trapped together in a chain superstore build a refuge for themselves inside. Outside, a series of escalating disasters, beginning with a monster hailstorm and ending with a chemcial weapons spill, seem to be tearing the world -- as they know it -- apart.
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume Prequel
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2013, ©2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth, killing most of the population. Mark and Trina were there when it happened. They survived, but now a virus is spreading. A virus that fills humans with murderous rage. There is no cure or escape. They're convinced that there's a way to save those who are left - if they can stay alive.
14) Hurricane rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Jackson family travels to Texas, where a hurricane is heading down the coast, and there are animals, wildlife, and people in danger--but first they have to ride out the storm at a local shelter.
15) Swallow's dance
Author
Series
Minoan Wings volume 2
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Leira is about to start her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home - and her family - in pieces. And the earth goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption throws the entire world into darkness. After the resulting tsunami, society descends into chaos; the status and privilege of being noble-born...
17) The living
Author
Series
The living volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
After an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high schooler Shy confronts another deadly surprise.
Author
Series
Monument 14 volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope. Knowing that the chemical weapons saturating the air outside will turn him into a...
19) The hunted
Author
Series
The living volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
After surviving the earthquake and tsunami, Shy manages to make it back to land but he is far from safe because a secret his cruise ship co-worker, Addie, shared with him is one that people have killed for, and now that Shy knows, he has become a moving target.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Celebrating the power of human connection, while encouraging empathy and acts of generosity, this story follows two refugee brothers as they journey to a sheltering beach where they are welcomed by fellow survivors.