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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Riveting and breath-taking, sole flood disaster survivor, Pancho Quintana, takes one last breath before the rushing flood waters inside Antelope Canyon submerge him and a female tourist. In the end, 11 tourists he was hired to lead through the canyon would perish as the freak flood welled up and swallowed the temporary inhabitants. Quintana would be all that was left living from that fateful August 12, 1997 day. Breathe For Me is Quintana's first-person,...
283) Red moon
Author
Series
Ranger series (Ralph W. Cotton) volume 30
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
In the dark of night during a raging storm, a criminal is on the loose in the Arizona badlands. His name is Wilson Orez. Half-Apache and a former cavalry scout, Orez is skilled with weapons, seasoned in the desert, and trained to keep a cool head while death lurks all around him. Or when it springs from his own hands. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack knows the only way to stop Orez is to kill him. But the madman has robbed a stagecoach, driven away its...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"On a December morning in 1907, two close friends, Hanna and Zakariya, return to their village near Aleppo after a night of drunken carousing in the city, only to discover that there has been a massive flood. Their neighbors, families, children—nearly all of them are dead. Their homes, shops, and places of worship are leveled. Their lives will never be the same. Hanna was once a wealthy libertine, a landowner who built a famed citadel devoted to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In 1915, the city of San Diego hired "rainmaker" Charles Mallory Hatfield to save their city from a drought, but when the town experienced one of the worst floods they ever had they refused to pay Hatfield for his services.--
287) Three rivers
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"A massive storm was coming straight for Mama's little plot of land in the Mississippi Delta and there was no way any of them could outrun the weather. For three years Melody Mahaffey has been on the road, touring as a keyboardist with a terrible Christian pop band she can hardly stand. So when her mother calls, full of her usual dire news and dramatic pronouncements, Melody is relieved to pack her bags and call it quits. But at the sprawling, defunct...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
It's been raining cats and dogs in Mayville Heights. The small town's been deluged, and now the local artists' co-op is on the verge of flooding. Kathleen has been working hard to help her friends move their creations to the safety of the upstairs studio. The artwork survives, but when controversial mask-maker Jaeger Merrill is found drowned in the so-op basement, Kathleen questions whether the death was accidental. With the help of handsome detective...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Four days of heavy rain sent water rushing toward Jeff Johnson's Iowa pig farm, threatening to flood everything in its path. The high waters could easily sweep away the animals, but Jeff had no way to move all of his pigs out of harm's way. How would the pigs survive? Find out about the smart animals who found their way to safety and the farmers who helped to rescue them in this graphic adventure of animal escape. Then, learn about other animals...
292) Tsunamis & floods
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents, in graphic novel format, a description of floods and tsunamis and why they are dangerous; and examines the 1755 Lisbon flood, the 1993 Midwestern flood, and the 2004 tsunami in Asia.
Author
Series
Hello neighbor volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
It's a typical night in the town of Raven Brooks. Thirteen-year-old Regina relaxes at home, her father and stepmother on a date while her older stepsister Pris babysits. But when an emergency alert comes over the airwaves, the two must grab their things and head out of town - a flash flood is coming, cellphone towers are down, and they are on their own.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Saint Louis Armstrong Beach is enjoying life in New Orleans, playing clarinet for the tourists in his spare time, accompanied by Shadow, a local stray dog. When Hurricane Katrina approaches, Saint faces unexpected challenges in trying to rescue Shadow.
296) Flood in the desert
Series
Pub. Date
[2022].
Description
Explore the story of the March 1928 St. Francis Dam collapse, the second deadliest dasters in California history. The flood killed more than 400 people.
297) Perfect disaster
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
"Take an in-depth look at some of nature's most terrifying scenarios. Perfect disaster examines six possible catastrophes that may result in unprecedented destruction. From a mega-sized tornado measuring two miles across, to a solar wind that could cause a worldwide blackout -- these "perfect" storms give little notice before their devastating results. See how cities such as Dallas could be reduced to rubble in a few minutes, and why London may be...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"After a summer of nine typhoons in 1931, the dams on the Yangtze River in China broke, completely flooding nearby towns and farms. Twelve-year-old Ting wakes up to a house full of water and her parents nowhere to be found. It's up to her to lead her younger brother and others to safety, battling high waters and greedy characters along the way. Will the children survive to be reunited with their parents? Part of the Girls Survive Graphic Novels series,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Appears on list
Description
It's Gamache's first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Flood waters are rising across the province. In the middle of the turmoil a father approaches Gamache, pleading for help in finding his daughter. As crisis piles upon crisis, Gamache tries to hold off the encroaching chaos, and realizes the search for Vivienne Godin should be abandoned. But with a daughter...