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1) Hurricanes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind hurricanes, including where and why hurricanes happen and how to stay safe when the wind starts to blow. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
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Skink novels (Carl Hiaasen) volume 3
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A hilarious new novel of greed and corruption from the bestselling author of "Strip Tease". The story focuses on southern Florida at the height of the tourist season, when a ferocious hurricane hits--luring con artists, carpetbaggers, and would-be saviors like hyenas to the lion's kill. "Hiaasen himself is a one-man force of nature". distributed by Syndetics Solutions, LLC.
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I survived volume 21
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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The city of Galveston, Texas, was booming. Perched on an island off the southern coast of Texas, Galveston had been founded in the 1830s. By 1900, it was Texas's richest and most important city. Boats loaded up with American cotton and wheat steamed from Galveston to countries around the world. Arriving ships were crowded with immigrants. The streets, paved with crushed oyster shells, sparkled like they'd been sprinkled with diamonds. True, this...
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 182
Pub. Date
1972.
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Observational information from approximately 100 flight missions flown into twenty-one hurricanes on forty-one storm days over a thirteen year period by aircraft of the NOAA's Research Flight Facility is used to present a unified view of the structure, dynamics, and variability of the hurricane's inner core region.
9) Hurricanes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of hurricanes. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
10) Hurricanes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A simple look at these amazing storms.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 200
Pub. Date
1973.
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Hurricane spawned tornadoes are most frequent at the time when hurricanes initially cross land and undergo rapid filling. This paper presents data composite information on all available rawinsonde and pibal reports surrounding this type of tornado genesis in the United States and Japan.
12) Hurricanes!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Introduces young readers to hurricanes, discussing how they are formed, how they are named and classified, what to do if a storm is on the way, and other related topics.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 30
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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When Jack and Annie travel back in time to Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, they find themselves facing a horrific storm that resulted in the worst natural disaster in US history.
15) Hurricanes
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Hurricanes plague the tropics from June through November. Some years bring just a handful of storms. Other years, meteorologists run out of names because there are so many. Readers learn how and where these storms form and the dangers they pose to the land and people who live in Gulf and Atlantic coast regions.
17) The storm
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Dogs of the drowned city volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
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When a hurricane forces his family to evacuate without him, Shep the German shepherd is confused. Where is his boy? And what is Shep supposed to do now that the extra food is gone? Then another dog shows up at Shep's window and convinces him to escape. There's food and water outside, and a whole empty city to explore. Shep just wants to go home - but the adventure of a lifetime is about to begin.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 104
Pub. Date
1966.
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An extensive discussion is presented on the characteristics of the vertical motion within the hurricane.
19) Hurricanes
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"This book features a high/low approach to meteorological phenomenon, focusing on the history, facts and figures, and technology of hurricanes. Offers diagrams and sources to more information"--
20) Two degrees
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Akira is riding her horse in the California woods when a wildfire sparks—and grows scarily fast. How can she make it to safety when there are flames everywhere? Owen and his best friend, George, are used to seeing polar bears on the snowy Canadian tundra. But when one bear gets way too close for comfort, do the boys have any chance of surviving? Natalie hunkers down at home as a massive hurricane barrels toward Miami. When the floodwaters crash...