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4) Tsunamis
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about the violent waves known as tsunamis, from how they are formed to how they can affect people around the world"--
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"'New York Times' bestselling author, explorer, journalist, and geologist Simon Winchester who's been shaken by earthquakes in New Zealand, skied through Greenland to help prove the theory of plate tectonics, and even charred the soles of his boots climbing a volcano looks at the science, technology, and societal impact of these inter-connected natural phenomena"--
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of northeast Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than eighteen thousand people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan’s greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis and the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even after the immediate emergency had abated, the trauma of the...
11) Earthquakes
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Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Provides information about earthquakes through eyewitness accounts from survivors and rescue workers.
13) The living
Author
Series
The living volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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After an earthquake destroys California and a tsunami wrecks the luxury cruise ship where he is a summer employee, high schooler Shy confronts another deadly surprise.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, 2011, the day the tsunami tore Japan apart, and when grief took hold of her life. Yui struggles to continue on, alone with her pain. Then, one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone booth in his garden. There, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak...
15) Beyond me
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, eleven-year-old Maya overcomes her own fear to help others at home and in northeast Japan, where a tsunami caused great damage. Includes author's note about the facts behind the story.
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English
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Read all about seismology in Super Simple Earthquake Projects. Kids will learn about what causes earthquakes and how they affect Earth. Discover how scientists study and help people prepare for them. Then, build an earthquake-proof structure, create a tsunami in a bottle, and more. Each project has color photos and easy?to?follow instructions. --Amazon.
17) The lost heir
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Wings of fire. Original series volume 2
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English
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"Tsunami the SeaWing is overjoyed to be reunited with her fellow ocean-dwelling dragons. For the first time in her life, she actually fits in. But not everything is as perfect as it seems underwater." -- Publisher.
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Series
Wings of fire. Original series volume 5
Language
English
Description
Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously, so Morrowseer's devastating news changes everything--now she must forge a new identity, and find a way to stop the futile and destructive war between the dragon clans.
19) Shadow wave
Author
Series
CHERUB novels volume 12
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels. Guarding the governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission-- and then retired agent Kyle Blueman comes up with an unofficial and highly dangerous plan of his own. James must choose between loyalty to CHERUB, and loyalty to his friend.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"For Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family's matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Vega must use every skill she has to lead her brother back to their family. The young orcas face a shark attack, hunger, the deep ocean, and polluted waters on...
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