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1) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of tsunamis. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 15
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to natural disasters, including tsunamis, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, landslides, and avalanches; discussing why they occur and the destruction they create.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A minor seismic disturbance in a remote section of the Pacific causes barely a ripple of concern for Kai Tanaka, acting director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu. But when an airliner en route from L.A. to Sydney vanishes in the same location, Kai is the first to realize that a mysterious explosion has unleashed a series of massive waves destined to obliterate Hawaii. In just one hour, Kai will lose all he has ever known-including...
6) Tsunami!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002, 1997
Language
English
Description
Former weapons specialist John Wahl (Corbin Bernsen) and oceanographer Jessica Weaver (Julianne Phillips) wage a full-scale assault on a master weather manipulator whose corrupt imagination causes deadly tsunamis along the Pacific coastline.
8) Nation
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tsunami destroys everything leaving Mau, an island boy, Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, and a small group of refugees responsible for rebuilding their village and their lives.
Author
Series
I survived volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years.
11) Killer wave
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When a series of deadly tidal waves mysteriously strike the eastern seaboard, scientists John McAdams and Sophie Marleau are convinced that they are more than mother nature. Signs indicate the unthinkable, these waves may be a government conspiracy aimed at political and financial gain. As John and Sophie race to expose the truth, they must evade the corporate and governmental figures that want them dead.
13) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind tsunamis, including where and why tsunamis happen and how to stay safe when the wave heads for shore. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
Author
Publisher
TOKYOPOP Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It was March 11, 2011 when a massive earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami, which, in turn, destroyed the core three reactors of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. This tragedy cost almost 20,000 lives and devastated countless more, including Naoto Matsumura, a farmer evacuated from the deadly radiation zone. Unwilling to abandon his beloved animals, Naoto chooses to return home to his farm -- and to fight for the beauty of life. This...
15) Tsunami!
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcturus
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and illustrations describe tsunamis, describing what causes them, how fast they can travel, and their impact on the people and landscape.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Examines tsunamis, including how they form and where they occur, what scientists can do to predict them, and stories from survivors and witnesses to tsunamis around the world"--Provided by publisher.
18) Tsunamis
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to tsunamis, discussing the causes, the effects, and being prepared for one, and examines the March 2011 tsunami in Kamaishi, Northern Japan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about how to survive a tsunami. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Author
Publisher
Childs World
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Through narrative nonfiction text, readers hear stories from survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that struck more than a dozen countries in the Indian Ocean in 2004. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a fast-fact section, fact-filled captions and callouts, a timeline of the disaster, infographics, a glossary, a listing of source notes, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
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