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Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Maria Sirena tells stories. She does it for money - she was a favorite in the cigar factory where she worked as a lettora - and for love, spinning gossamer tales out of her own past for the benefit of friends, neighbors, and family. But now, like a modern-day Scheherazade, she will be asked to tell one last story so that eight women can keep both hope and themselves alive. Cuba, 1963. Hurricane Flora, one of the deadliest hurricanes in recorded history,...
44) Crawl
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When a woman and her father become trapped by floodwaters from a hurricane in the crawlspace of their home, they discover yet another dangerous threat as alligators come with the rising water.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, a powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together They refer to themselves as “las Madres,” a close-knit group of women who, with their daughters, have created a family based on friendship and blood ties.Their story begins in Puerto Rico...
47) The light pirate
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"From the author of Good Morning, Midnight comes a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman's lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world. Florida as we know it is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state's infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern...
49) Lions & liars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fifth-grader who navigates the social order as a food-chain metaphor, where bullies are lions and he is only a flea, inadvertently lands in a disciplinary camp for troublesome boys, where he and his fellow troop mates forge tentative friendships and must learn to trust one another in order to survive a hurricane. By the best-selling author of Gertie's Leap to Greatness.
50) The storm
Author
Series
Dogs of the drowned city volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When a hurricane forces his family to evacuate without him, Shep the German shepherd is confused. Where is his boy? And what is Shep supposed to do now that the extra food is gone? Then another dog shows up at Shep's window and convinces him to escape. There's food and water outside, and a whole empty city to explore. Shep just wants to go home - but the adventure of a lifetime is about to begin.
Author
Series
Peachtree Bluff novels volume 4
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the newest installment of USA TODAY bestselling author Kristy Woodson Harvey's Peachtree Bluff series, three generations of the Murphy women must come together when a hurricane threatens to destroy their hometown-and the holiday season in the process"--
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sam and Haley Quaid buried their ten-year-old son and then ended their marriage, all in one week. It wasnt a volatile divorce, but three years later, except for trading Christmas cards, Sam and Haley have completely lost touchuntil a dramatic weather report sets their paths on a collision course once more. Tropical Storm Gladys is heading straight toward coastal Texas, and locals are anxious as they prepare for potential devastation. Haley, a Realtor,...
55) Knee deep
Author
Publisher
Fitzroy Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Camille considers herself lucky when her family only loses their home in a devastating New Orleans hurricane, until she discovers her crush has gone missing in the storm's aftermath.
Publisher
distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In six classic programs, National Geographic reveals the sheer power and strength of nature's greatest forces. Experience the devastation and tragedy caused by deadly tsunamis and hurricanes, see what happens inside the heart of a whirling tornado, witness incredible up-close shots of the powerful white wall of a rolling avalanche, and hear chilling first-hand accounts from survivors of some of the worst natural disasters.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 30
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jack and Annie travel in the magic tree house to Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900--the day of the worst natural disaster in US history"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
Presents an account of the legendary hurricane to assess its destruction of Galveston, role in thousands of deaths, and influence on American history and culture. --Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
''To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back! Count on Ms. Frizzle to teach anything but an ordinary lesson on meteorology. Flying through the clouds in the Magic School Bus, Ms. Frizzle's class experiences a hurricane-and even a tornado-firsthand. During their thrilling ride through the sky, Arnold...
60) Crawl
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When a hurricane hits her hometown, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears.
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