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Publisher
PBS Distibution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
LIFE ON FIRE: VOLCANOES offers a close-up look at volcanoes and the effects on the environment around them. From the depths of the abyss to the high-altitude snow-capped peaks, the series paints a detailed picture of the struggles and amazing adaptation required to survive around volcanoes.
Author
Series
Disaster strikes (Marlane Kennedy) volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Noah and Emma Burton have traded the sand and surf of their Hawaiian home for a chilly stay in Alaska, and Noah isn't happy about it. His father may be a volcano expert, but why did they have to travel to the coldest, grayest place on earth when there are millions of volcanoes near Honolulu? Noah thinks he's in for the most boring vacation of his life. He couldn't have been more wrong! A day trip to a remote island turns deadly when a once-dormant...
6) Volcanoes
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Students get an closeup look at volcanoes and learn the difference between magma and lava. They are shown how a tilt meter is used to predict when a volcano might erupt, and are treated to a virtual visit to Horseshoe Lake at Mammoth Mountain.
Author
Series
I survived volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
On May 18, 1980, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering whether the volcano will erupt are finally answered--all three are badly burned, but it is up to Jessie to protect the boys as best she can and hope that somebody comes to rescue them.
Author
Series
Escape book series volume 2
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Abandoned on a mysterious island, you must use logic and observation, solve puzzles and find allies along the way to escape before the grumbling volcano erupts.
9) Bad magic
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Clay, a boy who no longer believes in magic, tags graffiti on his classroom wall and, as punishment, is sent to a camp for wayward kids located on a volcanic island, where eccentric campmates abound, a ghost walks among the abandoned ruins of a mansion, and a dangerous force threatens to erupt with bad magic"--
11) Volcano deluxe
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In this third chapter book about Warren and his alter-ego Dragon, an important lesson is learned in generosity . . . and exploding volcanoes!Warren has been invited to a birthday party by one of his new classmates, so it's birthday present shopping time! And the first toy he spots, a Deluxe Volcano Building Set Supreme is perfect . . . for himself. It's too much money, his mother tells him, choosing another gift for his classmate. But Warren can't...
12) Pompeii: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples fails, Roman engineer Marius Primus heads to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius to investigate, only to come face to face with an impending catastrophe.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Cavemice volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot is back in another prehistoric adventure. Geronimo Stiltonoot and his family are off to find a cure for Grandma Ratrock's aches and pains. She's heard that a remedy hides in a legendary valley, and Geronimo isn't even sure it exists. Little does he know that getting there will be an adventure among geysers, volcanoes, and rivers of molten lava.
14) Swallow's dance
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Leira is training to be a priestess, but after an earthquake on her island forces her and her family to flee to Crete, there is a volcanic eruption that destroys the island and a tsunami that throws Crete into chaos, as she and her mother struggle to survive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Maribel daydreams at school, but when she defies evacuation orders to return home just as Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980, she must focus in order to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
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