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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A journalist and forest-fire expert shares his experiences in some of the world's most dangerous and remote regions to explore the rising phenomenon of large-scale fires, the damage they cause, and how they are being battled by elite firefighters.
3) Wildfires
Author
Language
English
Description
Presents wildfires as neither good nor bad but as part of the endless cycle of change in forests and grasslands.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An account of the 2018 Camp Fire that razed the town of Paradise, California draws on hundreds of interviews with residents, firefighters, police and scientific experts to document its horrific impact, including the establishment of an unfolding refugee crisis.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In a riveting investigation of the science and ecology of wildfires, journalist M.R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and remote forests in North America to explore the powerful and ancient relationship between trees, fires, and humans. Along the way, she describes revelatory research in the fields of paleobotany and climate science to show how the world's forests have been shaped by fire for hundreds of millions of years....
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
Español
Description
Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk.
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge/A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron once again captures the bravery and determination of a very good dog in the gripping sequel to A Dog's Way Home, the acclaimed novel that inspired the hit movie! Bella was once a lost dog, but now she lives happily with her people, Lucas and Olivia, only occasionally recalling the hardships in her past. Then a weekend camping trip turns into a harrowing struggle for survival when the Rocky Mountains...
9) Wildfires
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses wildfires, including how they happen, why they are important, and when they are dangerous.
10) Fires
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"As the sun sank over the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, one warm October night in 1871, a smoky haze hung in the dry air. There had been little rain, and small fires had been rolling through town continuously since the summer. For weeks the people had tried to protect their homes and businesses from fire. But they could not protect themselves from what would culminate in the deadliest fire in American history. As industrialization surged across the...
13) 10 hours to go
Author
Language
English
Description
Desperate for a ride home, Lily embarks on a tense road trip with her estranged ex-best friend Natasha and Elke, a girl Lily got expelled from their school years ago, and as tensions rise, past grievances and surrounding wildfires make the journey increasingly perilous.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an impring of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"With the emotional echoes of Little Fires Everywhere and the lush atmosphere of Disappearing Earth, a riveting debut novel in which a wildfire creeps toward Berkeley, California, igniting tensions as characters from all walks of life confront the injustices growing beneath the city's surface. As a wildfire threatens Berkeley, the city's inhabitants are forced to reckon with the cracks in the lives they've built. Abigail, a wealthy white woman, decides...
Author
Series
Colorado high country novel volume 7
Publisher
Pamela Clare
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xi, 315 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fire chief Eric Hawke knows its only a matter of time until the next big wildfire. He's done everything he can to prepare his crews for the inevitable. When high winds turn a small blaze into a raging crown fire that threatens Scarlet Springs, he, Brandon Silver, and the rest of Scarlet FD put their lives on the line to save the town and its citizens. But the one thing Hawke hadn't planned for was bureaucratic red tape and waffling from higher-ups...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Hannah and her best friends accidentally spark an enormous and deadly wildfire, their instinct is to lie, but as the blaze roars through their rural town, Hannah's friends begin to crack and one ends up missing.
19) Wildfire!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal the struggles of forest animals to survive when fire breaks out on Spruce Mountain, and the actions of the firefighters who work through the night to stop the blaze.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Wildfires are getting more destructive than ever before. Flames in forests are scorching about twice as many trees as they did two decades ago, and nearly 100,000 homes, barns, and other structures have been incinerated. “Fire seasons” are now fire years. Tens of millions of people live in areas vulnerable to fire, and more keep moving in. Driven in part by climate change, the areas burned and prevalence of smoke in the skies is expected to skyrocket...
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