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Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Readers will discover the science behind hurricanes and learn how first responders aid in the coping, healing, and rebuilding of the affected communities post-disaster. Focused on 21st Century content, the SEL- (social-emotional learning) and inquiry-based sidebars encourage young readers to think, create, guess, and ask questions. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, bibliography, and sidebars"--
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
"Mark struggles to make sense of his new, post-disaster world in this prequel to The Maze Runner"--
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume Prequel
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Before the trials, WICKED found Thomas, the perfect boy, to help them build the Maze and find the cure for the Flare, a disease that plagues the world. But the truth of what is really going on is a secret and Thomas must uncover it before time runs out"--
8) Fish story
Publisher
Pathfinder Home Entertainment
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
A massive comet is five hours from crashing into Earth, impending annihilation. Everyone is doomed. Five strangers are gathered to discuss and resolve the fate of the world in a record store. The song, 'Fish Story' by a nameless '70s band can be heard playing on the record turn table. The back of the album cover reads: 'There is a silent pause during the song. It was put there by the song writers intentionally'. Does this obscure punk song contain...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Language
English
Description
"Nineteen-year-old Avery plans to end her life but changes her mind when she learns an asteroid is heading towards Earth, and with nine days left to live, long held secrets begin to come out and Avery finally begins to heal. Avery Byrne is queer; she's in love with her best friend, Cass; and she's suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression. On the morning Avery plans to jump into the river near her college campus, the world discovers there are...
Author
Series
Long Earth volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Edition
First Harbor Hardcover Edition.
Language
English
Description
"The third novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's "Long Earth" series, which Io9 calls "a brilliant science fiction collaboration.""--
2040-2045. In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a fantastic...
12) Melancholia
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this beautifully filmed movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. A planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth and threatening to collide. Meanwhile, tensions are mounting and relationships are fraying as the family deals with their fears.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pajama Press
Language
English
Description
"In a future where a botched scientific experiment has flooded the planet, twins Will and Annalie finally set a course to intercept their father. He is protecting research about the flood's origins that the corrupt Admiralty is bent on turning to their own sinister purposes."--
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Language
English
Description
"Readers will discover the science behind tornadoes and learn how first responders aid in the coping, healing, and rebuilding of the affected communities post-disaster. Focused on 21st Century content, the SEL- (social-emotional learning) and inquiry-based sidebars encourage young readers to think, create, guess, and ask questions. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, bibliography, and sidebars"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: As natural disasters begin to befall them the closer they become, Milo and Marcos soon begin to wonder if the universe itself is plotting against them in this young adult debut by the playwright and creator of The Two Princes podcast, Kevin Christopher Snipes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
Four books in the bestselling I SURVIVED series! Includes I survived the sinking of the Titanic, 1912; I survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79; I survived the Japanese tsunami, 2011; and, I survived the battle of Gettysburg, 1863.
18) Two degrees
Author
Language
English
Description
"When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world"--
19) Earthquakes
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes ... Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events."--barnesandnoble.com
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