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21) Goldilocks
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Description
A gripping science fiction thriller where five women task themselves with ensuring the survival of the human race; perfect for readers of The Martian, The Power, and Station Eleven. Despite increasing restrictions on the freedoms of women on Earth, Valerie Black is spearheading the first all-female mission to a planet in the Goldilocks Zone, where conditions are just right for human habitation. It's humanity's last hope for survival, and Naomi, Valerie's...
22) Black Blizzard
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
"Take a front row seat on a period of U.S. history from 1930-1940 when America's heartland was ravaged by a weather phenomenon that became known as a "black blizzard." Watch as scientists and special effects experts recreate the black blizzards in amazing detail and reveal that this was a man-made disaster. Discover how these phenomena form, what they're made of, and how they affect people's health and the environment. Learn how a black blizzard emerged...
24) Little monarchs
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
In the twenty-second century, a sun shift has made it impossible for mammals to survive in the daylight, and ten-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, are studying the migration route of monarch butterflies along what used to be the western coast of the United States, hoping that something in the butterflies wing scales can be used to protect people from the sun and save humanity from extinction.
27) Madd Addam
Author
Series
MaddAddam trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house, newly fortified against man and giant pigoon alike. Accompanying them are the Crakers, the gentle, quasi-human species engineered by the brilliant but deceased Crake. Their reluctant prophet, Snowman-the-Jimmy, is recovering from a debilitating fever, so it's...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Description
From artist Gregory Manchess comes a lavishly painted novel about the son of a famed polar explorer searching for his stranded father, and a lost city buried under snow in an alternate future.When it started to snow, it didnt stop for 1,500 years. The Pole Shift that ancient climatologists talked about finally came, the topography was ripped apart and the weather of the world was changed-forever. Now the Earth is covered in snow, and to unknown depths...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Ven was once a holy man, a keeper of ancient archives. It was his duty to interpret archaic texts, sorting useful knowledge from the heretical ideas of the Burning Age--a time of excess and climate disaster. For in Ven's world, such material must be closely guarded so that the ills that led to that cataclysmic era can never be repeated. But when the revolutionary Brotherhood approaches Ven, pressuring him to translate stolen writings that threaten...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere else on earth in the Korean peninsula's narrow DMZ. Cal...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever measured in Japan occurred off the northeast coast. It triggered a tsunami with a wall of water 128 feet high. The tsunami damaged the nuclear power plant in Fukushima triggering the nightmare scenario--a nuclear meltdown. For six days, employees at the plant worked to contain the meltdown and disaster workers scoured the surrounding flooded area for survivors. This book examines the science behind...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Despite her father's disapproval, sixteen-year-old Eliza, displaced by Hurricane Harvey, throws herself into environmental activism at her new high school, where she meets Javi, who shares her experience of climate-related trauma and helps her cope with the emotional impact of ecological disasters.
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Four generations ago, the Earth was rendered uninhabitable and those who remained were forced underground. In Compound Eleven, the hierarachy of floors is everything and on Eve Hamilton's floor, they fight. When she meets a boy from the top floor, Eve is no longer content to just survive, she is ready to fight for freedom.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"This gripping program presents the harrowing story of how desperate crew members escaped a catastrophic fire on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Never before broadcast recordings, rare archival footage, photos, and interpretive reenactments reveal how a sudden and massive explosion left 11 dead, and more than 100 others racing to survive."--Container.