Tornado terror / Lauren Tarshis.
Material type: TextSeries: Tarshis, Lauren. I survived true stories ; Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 157 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780545919432
- 0545919436
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 551.553 T193 | Checked out | 06/21/2024 | 33111008725133 | |||
Children's Book | Northport Library | Children's NonFiction | 551.553 T193 | Available | 33111007788546 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the author of the New York Times bestselling I Survived series, comes two gripping accounts of two young people who survived two terrifying twisters.The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history, tearing through three states and killing 700 people. Almost a century later, the Joplin Tornado was a mile-wide monster that nearly destroyed theheart of a vibrant city. The author of the New York Times best-selling I Survived series now brings you the vivid and true stories of two young people who survived these terrifying twisters, along with fascinating facts abouttornadoes and profiles of the well-respected scientists and storm chasers who study them.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history, tearing through three states and killing 700 people. The Joplin Tornado of 2011 was a mile-wide monster that destroyed heart of a vibrant city. The true stories of these two events plus fascinating facts, profiles of tornado scientists and storm chasers create a unique and thrilling nonfiction read, by the author of the New York Times bestselling I Survived series.