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81) Alicia and the hurricane: a story of Puerto Rico = Alicia y el huracán : un cuento de Puerto Rico
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A young girl's love of the coquíes' nightly song helps her survive a destructive hurricane with her family. Includes author's note and a glossary of terms.
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What is it like getting caught in a hurricane or a tornado? How does Earth s geography recover after enduring such disastrous weather? Questions such as these are answered in this engaging text that supports common areas of science curricula. Scenarios involving getting caught in dangerous weather are described, giving readers a glimpse of what it's like to experience a hurricane or tornado. The text is supplemented with informative fact boxes, well-organized...
84) Active measures
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Special agent Jericho Quinn and his team travel to Cuba, where a deadly hurricane and a rogue general with a nuclear weapon threaten catastrophe.
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"Hurricane Fanny left no one in Blessings, Georgia unscathed - including Rowan Harper, the only surviving member of her family. Rebuilding her life now seems almost impossible. Bowie James comes back to help repair his grandmother's house, but he doesn't intend to stay long. He and his mother were forced out of Blessings a decade ago, and he's neither forgiven nor forgotten those responsible. But Rowan is kindhearted, beautiful, and lost, and Bowie...
88) Hurricane child
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Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
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When a group of rich 20-somethings get stuck at a remote family mansion during a hurricane, a party game ends with a dead body on the ground and fingers pointed everywhere. As they try to find the killer among them, fake friends and real enemies have to learn who to trust—and how to survive—in this fresh and funny Gen-Z meltdown.
90) Kitty Hawk
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"The president's daughter has been kidnapped by the elusive and lethal Ghost Cell. Quest (Q) and Angela are in hot pursuit with vicious winds and blinding rain thwarting them at every turn. It's a desperate high stakes chase"--
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What causes thunderstorms and lightning? Where and why do hurricanes form? How are blizzards more dangerous than other snowstorms? To answer these questions, you'll need to know about nature's most powerful weather events. Storms of all types and sizes occur around the globe. Each storm needs just the right combination of weather conditions to form and become dangerous-or even destructive. In this fact-packed book, discover how storms form, where...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 30
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"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"--
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Miss Julia series volume 19
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"In the latest installment of Ann B. Ross's New York Times bestselling series, Miss Julia takes a trip to the beach, only to confront a hurricane roiling off the coast--and all the trouble it washes ashore Miss Julia's sweet and generous husband, Sam, has decided to take a big group trip to the beach, inviting family and friends. While Miss Julia prepares for the big trip, her longtime friend LuAnne comes to her with a horrifying discovery--her husband...
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Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 2
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Thirteen-year-old Shinji and his S.E.A. cohorts travel to a forgotten island in Polynesia in search of a lost culture.
As Shinji struggles to understand and control his new guardian magic, the members of S.E.A. learn that a sunken ship belonging to the long extinct Natia people has been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Shinji, Lucy and Tinker, along with Oliver Ocean and Phoebe Mystic, a quirky, enthusiastic magic expert who has been called...
96) A perfect storm
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Saranormal volume 10
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"A hurricane has hit the New Jersey shore. Stellamar is spared from any major damage, but things will never be the same for Sara. At home, the storm causes the spirit of a sailor to reach out to Sara with a secret about her mother"--P. [4] of cover.
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Hurricane Katrina shredded one of the great cities of the South, and as levees failed and the federal relief effort proved lethally incompetent, a natural disaster became a man-made catastrophe. As an editor of New Orleans’ daily newspaper, the Pulitzer Prize—winning Times-Picayune, Jed Horne has had a front-row seat to the unfolding drama of the city’s collapse into chaos and its continuing struggle to survive.
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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...
100) Hurricanes
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"Hurricanes often dominate the nightly news during August and September when some of the biggest hit the southeastern United States each year. However, hurricane season for the Western Hemisphere is officially June to November. So, what causes these huge, often destructive storms? That's what this book answers for readers! Written with struggling or reluctant readers in mind, the main text is succinct, accessible, and paired with fact boxes and full-color...
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