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3) Storms
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the atmospheric conditions which create thunderstorms, hailstorms, lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes and how violent weather affects the environment and people.
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Language
English
Description
Presents Stephen King's original screenplay for the television movie "Storm of the Century," in which the residents of Little Tall Island, braced for a Maine Nor'easter packing hurricane-force winds and up to five feet of snow, discover to their horror that the storm has blown in an unspeakable evil.
Author
Language
English
Description
Explores the causes and effects of storms and hurricanes, discussing topics such as weather patterns, methods of monitoring and tracking storms, shelters, and techniques for reducing the devastating effects of violent weather. Includes illustrations, photographs, and maps.
7) Storms
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at all the big storms created by Mother Nature, from lightning and thunder to monsoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A storm develops when Emily Elizabeth and her dog Clifford visit her grandmother by the seashore, and it is up to Clifford to save a lighthouse, two puppies, two boats, and Grandma's home from danger.
9) Dust storms
Author
Publisher
Weekly Reader Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a discussion of dust storms, covering how, when, and where they form, the damage that can be caused by them, and what one can do to prepare for them.
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people that held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod huts to new framed houses to huddling in basements with the windows...
12) Storms
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rainstorms, snowstorms, windstorms can equal destruction and death. Read how scientists try to predict one.
13) Chill Factor
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lilly Martin is racing from an oncoming blizzard when she skids into a hiker. Taking the injured man to a remote cabin, she discovers he is the handsome but shady Ben Tierney, who she flirted with the previous summer. Although attracted to Ben, Lilly must be on her guard. Five women have recently disappeared from the area, and Ben is the primary suspect. But as the storm intensifies and the roads become impassable, Lilly finds herself with nowhere...
15) Super storms
Author
Series
Publisher
Seastar Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book examines superstorms and their potential destructiveness, including thunderstorms, hailstone showers, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons.
Author
Series
Mad Scientist Academy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In the second book of the series, Dr. Cosmic's class of clever monsters must face down blizzards, thunderstorms, floods, and tornadoes, in this perfect blend of adventure and exploration"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Serge Storms novels volume 21
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"From Florida's king of mayhem--"compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny" (Boston Globe) New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey--comes a diabolically madcap adventure featuring the indomitable Serge A. Storms. No one worships the Sunshine State as much as Serge A. Storms. Perpetually hunting Floridian arcana and lore, he and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, are on the road again. This time they're on a frenzied literary pilgrimage...
19) Storm
Author
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1982
Language
English
Description
Discusses major storms such as whirlwinds, hurricanes, thunderstorms and tropical storms and includes essays on some notable storms of the past.