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1) Tornadoes!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using her acclaimed combination of clear text and detailed illustrations, Gail Gibbons explains how tornadoes form, the scale used for classifying them, where they most commonly appear, and what to do in case one should be near you.
Author
Series
I survived ; 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A young boy in the middle of one of the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since 1947." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history, tearing through three states and killing 700 people. The Joplin Tornado of 2011 was a mile-wide monster that destroyed heart of a vibrant city. The true stories of these two events plus fascinating facts, profiles of tornado scientists and storm chasers create a unique and thrilling nonfiction read, by the author of the New York Times bestselling I Survived series"--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While on their way to Weatherama Amusement Park to attend the Wild Weather Show, Ms. Frizzle and her class get a first-hand lesson in the forces of nature as they fly directly into the heart of a powerful tornado.
8) Tornadoes
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Analyzes tornadoes, including their origins, formation, intensity, destructive capabilities, and significance as a weather phenomenon.
Author
Series
Magic tree house ; 23
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado.
11) Tornadoes
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of tornadoes, including how these frightening storms develop, how their strength is measured, and how some of the most deadly "twisters" have impacted human history"--Provided by publisher.
12) 13 Minutes
Publisher
Quiver Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just thirteen minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving them struggling to protect their loved ones and fighting for their lives. Left to deal with the aftermath, four families must overcome their differences and find strength...
13) Twisters!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes how tornadoes and hurricanes form and the damage they do." --
14) Tornado
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.
17) About average
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
19) Tornadoes
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the location, nature, development, measurement, and destructive effects of tornadoes, as well as how to stay out of danger from them.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Weaving together heart-wrenching stories with immersive reporting and dramatic storytelling, a gripping account of a weather event in April 2011 that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through 21 states in three days shows how things that tear our world apart also reveal what holds us together." --