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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Junior tells of the games he played in his mind during the eight days he was trapped in his house after the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Includes author's note about Haitian children before the earthquake and her own children's reactions to the disaster.
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Language
English
Description
Yolisha struggles to survive a devastating earthquake in Haiti as she searches for her missing mother. Might the elderly man who plucks her from the rubble save her life ... while the man's friend colorful and determined friend save her soul by introducing her to the gospel?
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than...
25) Forces of nature
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An exploration of weather that provides information on thunderstorms, earthquakes, blizzards, hurricanes, and other phenomena and offers tips on how to prepare for and stay safe during extreme weather conditions.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
A Leo, de diez años, le gusta ser vendedor de periódicos en San Francisco: no solo gana dinero para ayudar a su familia, sino que también es libre de explorar la asombrosa ciudad, a medida que esta cambia y crece con el nuevo siglo. Los carruajes tirados por caballos comparten las calles con automóviles brillantes, hay muchos nuevos negocios y llegan familias a asentarse en la ciudad diariamente. Es un lugar en el que todo parece posible. Pero,...
27) Los Volcanes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Piedra caliente fundida desde el centro de nuestro planeta es forzada a viajar por las grietas en la corteza de la Tierra hasta explotar, violenta e inesperadamente, en una erupci�on que puede durar meses y a veces a�nos. �Unete a la aventura para aprender m�as acerca de los volcanes, uno de los fen�omenos m�as espectaculares de la naturaleza.
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Series
Bear Grylls adventures volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fatima is having fun camping with her friends, but she is afraid the dark. She has to get through a ruined city at night, avoiding the dangers of crumbling buildings, cracks in the ground and fallen masonry without power or light.
29) Mi Ciudad Canta
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Despu{acute}es de vivir un temblor devastador, el esp{acute}iritu de los vecinos en esta din{acute}amica zona de una ciudad mexicana se sacude, pero no se rompe.
After a devastating earthquake hits, a little girl and her neighbors help each other rebuild their city. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Ranger in time volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This time Ranger, the time-traveling Golden retriever, finds himself in San Francisco in the middle of the great 1906 earthquake, and his mission is obviously to get a young Chinese immigrant, Lily Chen, to safety, but as they make their way through the ruined and burning city Ranger finds that he must also accomplish something else--finding Lily, who was sold as a servant by her parents, a new family who will care for her.
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