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The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people that held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod huts to new framed houses to huddling in basements with the windows...
3) Chill Factor
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Lilly Martin is racing from an oncoming blizzard when she skids into a hiker. Taking the injured man to a remote cabin, she discovers he is the handsome but shady Ben Tierney, who she flirted with the previous summer. Although attracted to Ben, Lilly must be on her guard. Five women have recently disappeared from the area, and Ben is the primary suspect. But as the storm intensifies and the roads become impassable, Lilly finds herself with nowhere...
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Serge Storms novels volume 21
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"From Florida's king of mayhem--"compulsively irreverent and shockingly funny" (Boston Globe) New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey--comes a diabolically madcap adventure featuring the indomitable Serge A. Storms. No one worships the Sunshine State as much as Serge A. Storms. Perpetually hunting Floridian arcana and lore, he and his permanently baked sidekick, Coleman, are on the road again. This time they're on a frenzied literary pilgrimage...
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Flat Stanley volume 5
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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One morning after a thunderstorm, the Lambchop family is surprised to discover that Stanley is suddenly invisible.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
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Forty-five-year-old Adrienne Willis, heartbroken after her husband abandons her, takes refuge for a weekend at a small North Carolina inn, where a storm puts her in close quarters with Paul Flanner, another soul running from his past.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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A terrible storm is raging, and Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, sister, and cousin Gage, who is telling a very unusual tale. Itś the story of What-the-Dickens, a newly hatched orphan creature who finds he has an attraction to teeth, a crush on a cat named McCavity, and a penchant for getting into trouble. One day he happens upon a feisty girl skibberee working as an Agent of Change trading coins for teeth.
9) Skin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 14
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A freak storm has spawned three tornadoes that are bearing down on the town of Summerville. Yet under the cover of the storm looms a much more ominous threat: A vindictive killer known as Red who's left a string of victims in his wake and is now bent on exacting his final revenge on the unsuspecting town. But there is an enigma surrounding Red that the FBI is unwilling to admit-closely guarded secrets of something gone terribly wrong beneath the skin...
10) Out of the dust
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Written in sparse first-person, free-verse poems, is the compelling tale of Billie Jo's struggle to survive during the dust bowl years of the Depression. With stoic courage, she learns to cope with the loss of her mother and her grieving father's slow deterioration. There is hope at the end when Billie Jo's badly burned hands are healed, and she is able to play her beloved piano again.
12) Ice storms
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of ice storms. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
13) Ice storms
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs help early fluent readers understand the science behind ice storms, as well as the damage they cause and how to stay safe in the event of one. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
16) Ice storms
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to ice storms. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--