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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"James and Michelle find themselves in the Atlanta airport on a layover ... seemingly interminable delays draw them both to a mysterious flashing green light--and each other. Where James is passive, Michelle is anything but. And she quickly discovers that the flashing green light is actually ... a button. Which she presses ... Before they can figure up from down, strange, impossible things start happening: snowstorms form inside the B terminal; jungles...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Imagines the coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earth's rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
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"Hannah Steele loves living on Pelling, a tiny island near Seattle. It's a little disconnected from the outside world, but she's always felt completely safe there. Which is why when she's asked one day to babysit after school, she thinks it's no big deal. Zoe and Oscar are her next-door neighbors, and Hannah just took a babysitting class that she's pretty sure makes her an expert. She isn't even worried that she left her inhaler at home. Then the...
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"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly...
6) Neighbors
Author
Description
Meredith White was one of Hollywood's most recognisable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and alienated her from her family. For the last 15 years, Meredith has been living alone in San Francisco with two trusted caretakers. Then, on a muggy late summer day, a massive earthquake strikes Northern California, plunging the Bay Area into chaos. Without a moment's hesitation, Meredith invites her stunned and shaken neighbours into...
7) Terremoto
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Parecía un día perfector en California. Pero cuando Joey Flores volvía a casa del parque de patinetas con sus amigos, el suelo empezó a temblar y su dio cuenta de que estaben en problemas"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Stranded by a catastrophic earthquake in the Alaskan wilderness, four teen campers observe ominous military activity in the distance and realize that no rescue is forthcoming, forcing them to struggle to survive during a hike back home to an America under siege.
Author
Series
Batman No Man's Land volume 1
Publisher
Graphic Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Gotham City is a breeding ground for the depraved and criminally insane. Forever scarred as a child from witnessing the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne has dedicated his life to protecting this city. He is the masked vigilante known as the Batman. With Police Commissioner James Gordon, these men have fought to preserve law and order, struggling against a pervasive and relentless criminal element, working together, until now. Leveled by a massive...
Author
Series
Batman No Man's Land volume 2
Publisher
Graphic Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Summary: Gotham City is a breeding ground for the depraved and criminally insane. Forever scarred as a child from witnessing the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne has dedicated his life to protecting this city. He is the masked vigilante known as the Batman. With Police Commissioner James Gordon, these men have fought to preserve law and order, struggling against a pervasive and relentless criminal element, working together, until now. Leveled by...
Author
Series
I survived volume 23
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the Good...
12) Mi ciudad canta
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Después de vivir un temblor devastador, el espíritu de los vecinos en esta dinámica zona de una ciudad mexicana se sacude, pero no se rompe.
After a devastating earthquake hits, a little girl and her neighbors help each other rebuild their city. Includes author's note.
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