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1) Earthquakes
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2007, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill., maps ; 23 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presenting a bird's-eye view of earthquakes in action, this book provides basic information about earthquakes, including what they are, why and where they occur, how they affect buildings, and what people should do when they feel the earth shake.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Questions and answers provide information about volcanoes and earthquakes, covering such aspects as why, how, when, and where these phenomena occur.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles"--
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 24
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
Author
Series
I survived volume 23
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Language
English
Description
"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Triangle Interactive, LLC
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Explore how volcanoes are formed and what causes an eruption in this fascinating Spanish-translated nonfiction title. Featuring bright, vivid photos, explanatory diagrams, informational text, and stimulating facts, this fascinating title engages readers in the scientific and natural causes behind volcanoes and their eruptions.
10) Can you survive?
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
327 pages : color illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"You choose what to do in three life-or-death experiences. You choose what you'll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to safety ... or to your doom!"--Page 4 of cover