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Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., col map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents detailed information about tsunamis, discussing how they are formed, where they happen, the most devastating tsunamis of the past, and the steps that are being taken to install warning systems around the world.
Series
U.S. Geological Survey circular volume 1218
Publisher
USGS Information Services [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
18 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
3) Nation
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.
Author
Series
I survived volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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.
7) Tsunami!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
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.
10) Inferno in Tokyo
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
After tsunami waves sweep over the Imagination Station, it breaks down completely. Patrick and Beth wash up on the shores of Japan on September 1, 1923. The cousins fear if the waters doesn't get them, the earthquake will! Disaster engulfs the city of Tokyo, leaving families and friends separated and desperate. Thanks to a Japanese celebrity and a performing elephant, the cousins escape the worst of the earthquake and aid an abandoned child. The read...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a tsunami rages through their coastal town in India, 17-year-old Ahalya Ghai and her 15-year-old sister Sita are left orphaned and homeless. As they struggle to reach the safe haven of the convent where they attend school, they are abducted by human traffickers and thrust into a hidden world of sexual violence and illicit commerce, where the most valuable prize is the innocence of a child....
12) A mama for Owen
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a young African hippopotamus from his mother, he finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant tortoise. Based on a true story.
13) The killing sea
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2008, c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
225 pages : map ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, two teenagers, American Sarah and Acehnese Ruslan, meet and continue together their arduous climb inland, where Ruslan hopes to find his father and Sarah seeks a doctor for her brother.
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