"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind tornadoes, including where and why tornadoes happen and how to stay safe when the sky starts to swirl. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--

Paramedic Stephen O'Malley is about to run into a night he will never forget: a kidnapping, a tornado, and a race to rescue the woman he loves. This page-turning thriller is by the award-winning author of the Uncommon Heroes series and explores the topic of whether God is trustworthy to be one's deepest, closest friend.

"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of tornadoes. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the process of how tornadoes can form. Also includes explanations of updrafts, downdrafts, thunderstorms, rotation, and funnel clouds.

"Immersive reporting and dramatic storytelling from the middle of the horrific superstorm of April 2011, a weather event that killed 348 people"--Provided by publisher.

When Katie's fiance died in a tragic accident, so did her hope of finding love. When a tornado destroys her small Amish settlement, including the schoolhouse, she doesn't know how she will provide for herself. Seth arrived in Hope Falls days before the storm; when he helps usher Katie and the children to safety, sparks fly. But Seth is only in town to help his brother, Amos, get back on his feet following the death of his wife. Sworn to protect what...

"In a midwestern town, a high school girl's life starts to change as the adults in town begin talking about a mysterious event known as Tornado Day and the girl finds herself drawn to the strange boy known only as the tornado killer"--

A riveting tale of the weather's most vicious monster--the supercell tornado--that recreates the origins of meteorology, and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists who helped change America.

With winds that can reach speeds of three hundred miles an hour and funnel clouds that can measure a mile in diameter, tornadoes leave enormous damage in their wake. Now Seymour Simon examines these twisting columns of air and destruction. Simon explains how tornadoes are formed, why and when they are most likely to occur, how scientists classify and track them -- and what to do if one touches down. Full-color photographs show this powerful phenomenon...