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1) Floods
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses floods and areas where they are most prevalent, the damage they can inflict, some specific floods in history, and explains how to survive this type of disaster.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Barry Hunter and his family attempt to ride out Hurricane Katrina at home in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans when his little sister gets ill, but when the levees break, Barry gets swept away from his family.
Author
Series
Seasons of Sugarcreek volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tim Graber arrives in Sugarcreek to help his aunt and uncle with spring planting. At first, Tim doesn't fit in with his many cousins and their crowded lifestyle. But when he meets Clara Slabaugh, the local school teacher, he understands why the Lord brought him to Sugarcreek.
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Readers will discover the science behind floods 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"--
Author
Series
Return to Red River volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Book 3 of RETURN TO RED RIVER by bestselling author Lauraine Snelling. Thorliff's goal of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories for the Minneapolis Tribune and Harper's Magazine. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when an epidemic hits the town of Blessing, North Dakota, following the Red River flood of 1897. Thorliff returns home to help family and friends...
7) The levee
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An audio original novella from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land, The Levee is a powerful, captivating story of a family, a storm, a complicated rescue, and the true cost of survival.
"A masterwork...Full of heart and a spellbinding plot, Krueger packs a powerful punch in this audio novella, delivering grand scale storytelling at its finest." —Kim Michele Richardson,...
"A masterwork...Full of heart and a spellbinding plot, Krueger packs a powerful punch in this audio novella, delivering grand scale storytelling at its finest." —Kim Michele Richardson,...
8) Floods
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, an Imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"People, plants, and animals all need rain. But the ground can take in only so much. Too much, and the land will flood. Farms and cities can be damaged. People must move to dry ground until, slowly, the water soaks into the earth. Learn about floods, what we can do, and how to stay safe"--
9) Noah
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A man is given the task of rescuing the innocent before an apocalyptic flood wipes out the wicked from the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In September 1900, the people of Galveston, Texas, knew a storm was coming. But they'd experienced storms before and didn't think much of it. However, the hurricane that hit on September 8 was more powerful and damaging than anybody expected. Will you find a way to survive the storm and write about the experience for the local newspaper? Can you find a way to save your family's business and the customers inside when the storm hits? Will you rescue...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"As a hurricane gathered in the Caribbean, blue skies covered Galveston, Texas. Scientists knew a storm was coming. But none of them were able to prepare Galveston for the force of the hurricane that hit on September 8, 1900. The water from the storm surge pulled houses off their foundations, and the winds toppled telephone poles and trees like toothpicks. And amid the chaos, Galveston's residents did all they could to rescue one another. From the...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Living in "the Bathtub," a marginal Delta community in southern Louisiana, six-year-old Hushpuppy sets out in search of her lost mother on a makeshift raft after her father falls ill and nature seems to unleash its fury in rising floodwaters and attacks from prehistoric creatures called aurochs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"On May 31, 1889, heavy rains and a dam failure sent flood waters sweeping into Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The 50-foot-high wall of water quickly demolished much of the town. Will you and your new husband be able to escape certain doom as you wait for your train to leave the station? Can you climb onto your house's roof for safety before the building completely fills with water? Will you join in the effort to save others who are floating by on the roofs...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the massive metal tank filled with sticky brown molasses that rises up over her crowded North End neighborhood explodes, young Carmen must fight for her life, as a tsunami of molasses rushes through the streets.
Author
Series
I survived (Graphic novels) volume 6
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"[In this graphic novel adaptation,] Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept away by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the...
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