Tornado Rips Up City

Tornado Rips Up City

Author: Louise Spilsbury

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1538213141

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"It's important for students to understand how tornadoes form, their structure, and when and where they're likely to strike. Perhaps even more important is learning the damage they cause and how they affect communities around the world. This book offers readers both important STEM content they'll need for science class as well as real stories of recent tornadoes, including eye-opening photographs of the devastation they may cause and statistics boxes quantifying the damage. A news magazine style layout makes each section seem fresh and exciting, while also allowing for the inclusion of witness quotes and headlines."


Earthquake Shatters Country

Earthquake Shatters Country

Author: Louise Spilsbury

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1538212986

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In many parts of the world, earthquakes are a fact of life. From slight tremors to destructive quakes measuring above 5.5 on the Richter scale, earthquakes all start the same way. Readers explore the causes and effects of earthquakes throughout this book, studying recent major earthquakes that have happened around the world along the way. Presented in an exciting news magazine style complete with splashy headlines and eyewitness accounts of devastating quakes, the main content and statistics boxes complement STEM curriculums through detailed earth science information and discussion of the technology used before, during, and after earthquakes.


Tsunami Crushes Coastline

Tsunami Crushes Coastline

Author: Louise Spilsbury

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1538213184

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"The Fukushima nuclear power plant was seriously damaged by a tsunami in 2011. Today, environmental problems continue, showing just how far-reaching damage from the massive waves of a tsunami can be. Other headline-grabbing tsunamis are profiled in this volume, providing readers with true-life examples as they learn about what causes tsunamis, where they are likely to hit, and how areas prepare for them throughout the main content. Full-color photographs of tsunami-caused devastation accompany the STEM content, boxes of real disaster statistics, and quotes from those who lived through a tsunami."


Forest Fire Creates Inferno

Forest Fire Creates Inferno

Author: Louise Spilsbury

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1538213052

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Forest fires can happen naturally, but the truth is that people cause them, too, often to terrible consequences. Readers learn how they start in both cases as well as how these fires spread, the damage they cause the environment, and how firefighters fight them on the ground and in the air. Case studies of recent forest fires, including the 2016 fires in California, provide readers with real-life examples to encourage connections between the book's STEM content and social studies concepts of conservation, community engagement, and the huge project of cleaning up a natural disaster like a forest fire.


Volcano Melts Village

Volcano Melts Village

Author: Louise Spilsbury

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1538213214

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In 1999, about 15,000 people who lived within the range of the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador were evacuated. They weren't allowed to return home for a year. Since then, the volcanic activity there has been dangerous enough to cause more evacuations, including in 2010 and 2016. Tungurahua is just one recent volcanic eruption included in this book, used as an example of the devastation this natural disaster can cause. The main content, presented in an exciting news magazine style, offers readers a thorough look at how volcanoes form, how scientists use technology to predict eruptions, and terrifying statistics showing volcanoes' aftermath.


Hurricane Hits the Coast

Hurricane Hits the Coast

Author: Louise Spilsbury

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1538213095

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The Atlantic coast of the United States faces high winds, torrential rain, and more during hurricane season from about August to October. When these huge storms hit land, the streets may flood and buildings can be completely leveled. Seeing devastation like that on the news can leave readers with a lot of questions. This book introduces readers to how hurricanes form, why they can be so strong, and what communities do to prepare for them. Stories of recent hurricanes make these huge storms seem more real to readers and help them understand the consequences of natural disasters.


Becoming Thuperman

Becoming Thuperman

Author: Elgon Williams

Publisher: Pandamoon Publishing

Published: 2023-12-17

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13:

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What if you could take make-believe and make it real? It’s the summer of 1988 and little is normal about Will and Sandra, except for the name of their town, Normal, Illinois. The two precocious eight-year-olds share overactive imaginations, a love of baseball and genuine affection for each other. But over the course of a single, fateful week at the beginning of their summer vacation the duo discovers budding superhero powers. Each day is a new adventure and an excuse for them to get on their bikes and enjoy being kids. Down the street from where they live is a spooky old house. An elderly woman and her older brother live there along with an overly protective dog that barks at the kids, frightening them as they pass by the house on their bikes. Children in the neighborhood believe the old lady is actually a witch and the old house is haunted. And there’s a rumor that she keeps kids locked in her basement. Sandra helps Will overcome his lack of confidence. Will convinces Sandra to stand up to her mother and become what she wants to be. Together, the kids use a map/maze that Sandra created to explore their imaginations, taking a detour through a fantastic world where they serve as fairy royalty. But when reality rudely intrudes on their idyllic world, Will and Sandra unlock their true potential as a crime fighting team when they are forced to save the day from two dangerous men.


The Tri-State Tornado

The Tri-State Tornado

Author: Peter S Felknor

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2004-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0595311881

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The Tri-State Tornado is a gripping account of the worst tornado disaster in American history. Claiming 689 lives during a three-hour rampage across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925, the storm had one of the longest uninterrupted paths (219 miles) and one of the widest (up to one mile) of any recorded tornado. Its continuous energy was so extreme that it completely obliterated several small towns in its path. Although the fatality count was nearly that of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, with the exception of meteorologists and residents of the affected area, few had ever heard of this catastrophe until this book's initial release in 1992. The Tri-State Tornado reconstructs the tragedy, using vivid eyewitness accounts of fourteen survivors who lived along the tornado's path from the Missouri Ozarks to southwestern Indiana. The clarity with which they recall that day in their lives over sixty years earlier will give readers the unsettling feeling that the tornado struck days, not decades, ago.


Disaster Free Survivor Strikes Back: Storms of Love & Loss

Disaster Free Survivor Strikes Back: Storms of Love & Loss

Author: Christina J. Easley

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-07-10

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1387938312

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Disasters happen! These are the stories of love and loss, death, and destruction. Many victims died in disasters. These are the stories of how survivors live and strike back. Survivors were trapped, but then set free when they were rescued! The question of life and death was asked when victims were stranded without food and water or left to die from their injuries. Some are man-made disasters, while others are natural disasters. The survivors of disasters include child abuse victims, domestic violence survivors, battered wives, war veterans, orphans, riots survivors, and victims of the terrorist attacks. These survivors live to tell the tale after seeing a natural disaster such as deadly storms.