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Author
Series
I survived volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy in the middle of one of the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since 1947.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
April 27, 2011 marked the climax of a superstorm that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through twenty-one states in three days, seven hours, and eighteen minutes. It was the deadliest day of the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history, which saw 348 people killed, entire neighborhoods erased, and $11 billion in damage. But from the terrible destruction emerged everyday heroes, neighbors, and strangers who rescued each other from hell on earth....
3) Tornadoes!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2009.
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
Publisher
Polaris Publications
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"...tells the fascinating story of the first recorded F5 tornado in Minnesota history and the tale of sisters, Linda (Haugen) Vaske and Pam Haugen, who were ripped from Linda's home and survived. The tornado struck Tracy on June 13, 1968, killing nine people. Although Linda lost all of her belongings, the tornado took something even more precious from her and she carried the burden of guilt for many years." --Cover.
5) The rescuer
Author
Language
English
Description
Stephen O'Malley is a paramedic who has been rescuing people all his life. His friend Meghan is in trouble: Stolen jewels are turning up in interesting places, and she's in the middle of it. Stephen is about to run into a night he will never forget—a kidnapping, a tornado, and a race to rescue the woman he loves.
Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become...
Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 23
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2001]
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.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
Author
Series
Hilde cracks the case volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a small tornado hits Selinsgrove during a night time thunderstorm, Hilde and her sister/photographer Izzy wake up to find fish flopping all over Orange Street, and they set out to document the path of minor destruction for their newspaper--and solve the mystery of where the fish came from."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about how to survive a tornado. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
12) Found
Author
Series
Baxter family series. Firstborn volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Book 3 in the 5-book Christian fiction series that has sold over 1.5 million copies
A story of God's divine leading and the truth that God rewards those who seek Him with all their heart, from Karen Kingsbury, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "heart-tugging and emotional" (Romantic Times) life-changing fiction.
A Desperate Search
Driven by his wife's dying wish to find their firstborn son,...
A story of God's divine leading and the truth that God rewards those who seek Him with all their heart, from Karen Kingsbury, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "heart-tugging and emotional" (Romantic Times) life-changing fiction.
A Desperate Search
Driven by his wife's dying wish to find their firstborn son,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The inside account of Oklahoma's deadliest tornado, by a local writer who became a national correspondent Oklahomans have long been known for their fatalism and grit, but even old-timers are troubled by the twisters that are devastating the state with increasing frequency. On May 20, 2013, the worst tornado on record landed a direct hit on the small town of Moore, destroying two schools while the children cowered inside. Oklahoma native Holly Bailey...
Publisher
VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In May 2013, an EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma. The magnitude of devastation measured over eight times greater than the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. As the world watched, one question continued to surface: where was God? Several families and individuals recount the timeline of destruction and share their experiences of both devastating and miraculous events that changed their lives forever. These are their stories of hope after...
15) Barn storm
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a tornado touches down in a pond on Farmer Brown's property, it sets off a chain of events among the barnyard animals that soon has every creature displaced, but not unhappy.
16) Tornado alley
Author
Series
Disaster strikes (Marlane Kennedy) volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Although Wyatt is not happy that he has to entertain his visiting cousin, he soon has much bigger problems to worry about when two tornadoes strike the area.
18) A bird will soar
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a tornado, Axel, who loves birds, finds an injured eaglet, and helps to rescue it--and also helps to resolve the problems in his broken family, and draw his father back home.
Author
Series
Otis the tractor volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a tornado threatens his farm, Otis the tractor must try to save the animals, including the unfriendly bull.
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