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Publisher
World Book
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of major types of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While Axel, his father, Dag, and his dog, Grits, are testing the snow in the Teton Mountains' Glory Bowl, Axel's snowboarding rival, Kelly, starts showing off and triggers an avalanche.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
McKettrick Christmas: Lizzie is bringing Whitley home for Christmas. He might seem a little too interested in the McKettrick money, but she's certain he cares for her deep down. When their train is halted by a massive avalanche, Dr. Shane takes charge ... and fate has a surprise of its own ...
Steele for Christmas: After being dumped by her fianc, Stacy Carlson has no illusions about love...but that doesn't stop her from harboring hot fantasies about...
Publisher
DreamWorks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the Spirit of Christmas holiday special, Lucky has ordered a custom-made fiddle for her dad (best Christmas gift ever!) except it doesn't arrive on time. In an attempt to get the gift, Lucky leads her friends on a misadventure into the city. After a day of roaming the city, the group makes it on the last train back to Miradero. All seems to go smoothly until an avalanche derails their plans, forcing them and their fellow passengers on a dangerous...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard hit Washington State. High in the Cascade Mountains near the tiny town of Wellington, two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found their railcars buried in rising drifts, parked precariously on the edge of a steep ravine. An army of the Great Northern Railroad's men worked round-the-clock to rescue the trains, but the storm was unrelenting. Suddenly the earth shifted and a colossal avalanche...
9) One by one
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company. At stake is a billion-dollar dot com buyout that could make them all millionaires, or leave some of them out in the cold. The clock is ticking on the offer, and with the group irrevocably split, tensions are running high. When an...
10) Buried alive
Author
Series
Mysteries in our national parks volume 12
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While their parents study why wolverines are disappearing from Alaska's Denali National Park, Jack and Ashley are stranded in a remote area with their mysterious new foster brother when a hit man's bullet triggers an avalanche.
Author
Series
I survived volume 22
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Wellington snow slide of 1910 was―and still is―the deadliest avalanche in America’s history. Lauren Tarshis's story of one child surviving the frozen nightmare pounds with page-turning action and heartwarming hope.
The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west....
12) Barry
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.
13) Avalanche!
Author
Series
Survivor diaries volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan are tested to the extreme when faced with a powerful avalanche while skiing in Wyoming's Grand Teton mountains. Includes survival tips from the National Avalanche Center and U.S. Forest Service.
14) Angry planet
Publisher
Madacy Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Whenever there's a crisis, modern adventurer George Kourounis gathers up his courage and his film crew for another encounter with nature at its harshest. From Midwest's "Tornado Alley" to the "Boiling Lake of Dominica" to the treacherous waters of South America's "Fin del Mundo." Angry Planet presents a compelling-and edifying-record of one man's extremely dangerous obsession.
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