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Author
Series
Otis the tractor volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When a tornado threatens his farm, Otis the tractor must try to save the animals, including the unfriendly bull.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 23
Language
Español
Formats
Description
When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
Author
Series
I survived volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Dexter has always wanted to see a tornado. So when he gets the incredible opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous Dr. Norman Gage, he has to say yes! Dr. Gage is the host of Tornado Mysteries, the show that Dex and his older brother, Jeremy, watched every night until Jeremy joined the U.S. Navy SEALs and left Joplin. Dex certainly knows how deadly tornadoes can be, but this one isn't heading towards Joplin, and wouldn't it...
8) Torn away
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a tornado that has devastated her hometown of Elizabeth, Missouri, sixteen-year-old Jersey Cameron struggles to overcome her grief as she is sent to live with her only surviving relatives.
9) Thunderstorm
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated account of a storm that moves through a Midwestern farming region over the course of several hours that is documented by a timeline and images of atmospheric changes and human response.
10) Let the sky fall
Author
Series
Sky fall series volume 1
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Ten years after surviving the tornado that killed his parents, Vane Weston, now seventeen, has no memory of that fateful day but dreams of a beautiful girl who, he now learns, is not only real, she is his guardian sylph, who harnesses the power of the wind.
11) Chasing Helicity
Author
Series
Chasing Helicity volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Helicity, not a victim of a horrific tornado but a survivor, connects with a local meteorologist and other stormchasers who support her plan to become one of them.--Provided by Publisher.
12) I am a tornado
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An angry, destructive tornado picks up an empathetic cow, and when Cow politely asks to be put down, the two enter a conversation that has some unforeseen results.
14) Tornado hits!
Author
Series
Hilde cracks the case volume 5
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"After a small tornado hits Selinsgrove during a night time thunderstorm, Hilde and her sister/photographer Izzy wake up to find fish flopping all over Orange Street, and they set out to document the path of minor destruction for their newspaper--and solve the mystery of where the fish came from."--
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's been more than 50 years since a tornado tore through a drive-in movie theater in tiny Mercer, Illinois, leaving dozens of teens -- a whole generation of Mercerites -- dead in its wake. So when another tornado touches down in the exact same spot on the anniversary of this small-town tragedy, the town is shaken. For Brenna Ortiz, Joshua Calloway, and Callie Keller, the apprehension is more than just a feeling. Though they seem to share nothing...
16) Lily and Feather
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lily is so excited to start Unicorn Academy and learn how to be a guardian of Unicorn Island! She and her unicorn, Feather, can't wait to make friends and keep the island safe. But then strange purple tornadoes begin hitting villages around the school. Can Lily and Feather stop the tornadoes and save Unicorn Academy?"--
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Hay personas que, por alguna razón, lo pierden todo. Rodrigo fue una de ellas. Pero hubo una cosa que no perdió, y fue la esperanza.Rodrigo pierde su casa familiar debido a un devastador tornado que lo ha destrozado todo. Sin hogar y rodeado de escombros, siente un vacío gigante en el corazón y casi se da por vencido. Pero entonces se acuerda de las palabras que su padre repetía en tiempos de crisis: Hay que seguir adelante, no queda otra. Y...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
""I could see the big inside of my Sam-Sam. I had been training him for 252 days with mini tennis balls and pieces of bacon, just to prove to Dad and Mom and Aunt Gus and the whole world that a tiny, fluffy dog could do big things if he wanted to. I think my little dog always knew he could be a hero. I just wonder if he knew about me." When the cops show up at Jesse's house and arrest her dad, she figures out in a hurry that he's the #1 suspect in...
19) Barn storm
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When a tornado touches down in a pond on Farmer Brown's property, it sets off a chain of events among the barnyard animals that soon has every creature displaced, but not unhappy.
20) A bird will soar
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After a tornado, Axel, who loves birds, finds an injured eaglet, and helps to rescue it--and also helps to resolve the problems in his broken family, and draw his father back home.
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