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"Through narrative nonfiction text, readers hear stories from survivors of the mile-wide tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a fast-fact section, fact-filled captions and callouts, a timeline of the disaster, infographics, a glossary, a listing of source notes, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author"--Publisher.
22) Chasing Helicity
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Chasing Helicity volume 1
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Thirteen-year-old Helicity, not a victim of a horrific tornado but a survivor, connects with a local meteorologist and other stormchasers who support her plan to become one of them.
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"Andrew Carnegie funded fifty-nine public libraries in Kansas in the early 20th century, but it was frontier women who organized waffle suppers, minstrel shows, and women's baseball games to buy books to fill them. Now, a century later, Angelina returns to her father's hometown of New Hope to complete her dissertation on the Carnegie libraries, just as Traci and Gayle arrive in town, Traci as an artist-in-residence at the renovated Carnegie Arts Center...
24) Batter up Wombat
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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.
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"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...
26) Falling to earth
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A tale inspired by the historic Tri-State tornado of 1925 follows the experiences of businessman Paul Graves and his family, who throughout a year after the storm watch their community struggle to rebuild and who miscalculate growing resentment about the twist of fate that left their home and business untouched.
28) Tornado
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Describes how tornadoes are formed, the conditions that exist in tornadoes, the harmful and beneficial effects of these storms, and their impact on humans, plants, and animals.
29) Tornadoes
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Students explore the colors, shapes, and sizes of tornadoes in this compelling book. The challenges of tracking and predicting these violent windstorms and the dangerous work of storm spotters and storm chasers are also presented.
30) Tornado terror
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I survived true stories volume 3
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The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history, tearing through three states and killing 700 people. Almost a century later, the Joplin Tornado 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.--
32) Tornadoes
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Discusses causes of tornadoes, what happens during one, and the predicting of tornadoes.
33) Tornado
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Describes the formation, different types, and study of tornadoes.
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It's been more than 50 years since a tornado tore through a drive-in movie theater in tiny Mercer, Illinois, leaving dozens of teens -- a whole generation of Mercerites -- dead in its wake. So when another tornado touches down in the exact same spot on the anniversary of this small-town tragedy, the town is shaken. For Brenna Ortiz, Joshua Calloway, and Callie Keller, the apprehension is more than just a feeling. Though they seem to share nothing...
35) Twister
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Scientist Jo Harding and her crack team of tornado chasers are pursuing the most destructive weatherfront to sweep through mid-America's Tornado Alley in 50 years. TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms has other plans. Jo's team is planning to launch revolutionary electronic sensors into the...
36) Lily and Feather
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Lily and her unicorn, Feather, are eager to make friends and learn to be guardians of Unicorn Island, but will they be able to stop the strange tornadoes threatening Unicorn Academy and its students?
37) Tornadoes
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Discusses the natural phenomenon of tornadoes, including their development, the destruction they cause, our ability to predict them, scientific studies, and efforts to educate and warn the public.
38) The talent show
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After a devastating tornado destroys much of Cape Bluff, Kansas, residents come together as a community to put on a talent show as a fund-raiser.
The kids of Cape Bluff, Kansas, had no idea there were so many aspiring stars among them until a tornado ripped through their town. That's when they decide to have a talent show to raise money to rebuilt. How everyone is showing what they are made of: the good, the bad, and the bizarre. But the kids have...
39) Tornadoes
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"Describes tornadoes, how they form, and the tools scientists use to predict them"--Provided by publisher.
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