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61) Operation Runaway

Author

Manning, Matthew K

Series

Drone Academy

Language

English

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Zora Michaels hides her genius and passion for technology behind a girly image, but when a boy goes missing just as a forest fire threatens, Zora and a Drone Academy friend help.

62) Henry explores the mountains

Author

Taylor, Mark

Language

English

Description

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Henry's outing in the woods with his dog involves him in a dangerous forest fire, heroism, and a helicopter ride.

63) Forest fires

Author

Erlbach, Arlene

Series

New true book

Language

English

64) Forest fires

Author

Drohan, Michele Ingber

Series

Natural disasters

Language

English

Description

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Discusses different kinds of forest fires, what causes them, where they occur, and how they can be prevented.

65) Summer of fire

Author

Jacobs, Linda

Series

Yellowstone

Language

English

Description

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Firefighter Clare Chance, having watched her best friend die in a roof collapse, flees to Montana to put the memory behind her. Once there, she joins the thousands of summer warriors battling to save America's crown jewel . . . and finds she's not alone in fighting personal demons as well as the fiery dragon threatening the park.

66) Smoke

Author

McKenzie, Catherine

Language

English

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An evocative tale of two women navigating the secrets and lies at the heart of a wildfire threatening their town. After a decade long career combating wildfires, Elizabeth has traded in her former life for a quieter one with her husband. Now she works as the local arson investigator in a beautiful, quaint town in the Rockies. But that tranquil life vanishes when she and her husband agree to divorce and a fire in nearby Cooper Basin begins to spread...

67) Walt Disney Productions presents Thumper

Series

Disney's wonderful world of reading

Language

English

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Thumper the frisky rabbit is trapped in the path of a forest fire when he bravely risks his life to warn his friends of imminent danger.

68) Nature: Australia, animals down under

Language

English

Description

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Take a journey to Australia and learn about some of the most well known animals found in this diverse country.

69) Yosemite firestorm

Author

Stowe, Tanya

Series

Love inspired suspense

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

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"A raging forest fire isn't the only threat ... When an act of arson claims the life of a hiker, Yosemite Park Ranger Livy Chatham is the only witness--putting her right into the path of determined criminals. Only rock climber Hayden Bryant can protect her from the killers destroying all evidence of their crimes. But can Livy and Hayden outrun the danger that's as hot on their heels as the fires blazing through Yosemite?"--

70) Ferocious fires

Author

Richards, Julie

Series

Natural disasters

Language

English

71) Blazing bush and forest fires

Author

Spilsbury, Louise

Series

Awesome forces of nature
Heinemann infosearch

Language

English

Description

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Describes the causes and effects of forest and bush fires, case studies of past fires, how they are fought, and how they can be predicted or prevented in the future.

72) Old growth ponderosa pine and western larch stand structures: influences of pre-1900 fires and fire exclusion

Author

Arno, Stephen F

Series

Research paper INT volume 495

Language

English

73) Social studies kids: Climate change and fires

Language

English

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In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about forests as ecosystems and their vital role for humankind. Understand how and why climate change is occurring, its role in the dramatic increase in forest fires, and how it threatens not only the survival of forests but also the existence of every species on earth. Explore what can be done to slow climate change, what young climate activists like Greta Thunberg are doing, and how you can make...