Showing 1 - 8 of 8  There are a total of 142 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Alice on the island"
Star rating for Alice on the island
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
On December 7, 1941, thirteen-year old Alice's life changes completely as she experiences an act of war, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and her father's imprisonment in a Japanese internment camp, leaving Alice and the rest of her family struggling to adjust to life without him.
Book cover for "Finding someplace"
Star rating for Finding someplace
Description:
The weekend she turns thirteen, aspiring clothing designer Teresa "Reesie" Boone is separated from her family by Hurricane Katrina but, during the horrific storm and its aftermath, begins to find strength in herself.
Book cover for "Hettie and the London Blitz"
Star rating for Hettie and the London Blitz
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
After helping prepare their London home for German bombing raids, young Hettie and her brothers are sent to safety in the countryside, where she strives to keep them connected to each other and their parents. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Book cover for "Hurricane Katrina rescue"
Star rating for Hurricane Katrina rescue
Series:
Ranger in time volume 8.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When the mysterious first aid kit takes golden retriever Ranger to New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina hits, he finds himself helping Clare Porter and her grandmother, who are waiting for Clare's father at their home in the Lower Ninth Ward--and when the levees break and Clare is separated from Nana, Ranger must somehow get her to the relative safety of the Superdome, and reunite her with her family.
Book cover for "Maria and the plague"
Star rating for Maria and the plague
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Book cover for "Maribel versus the volcano"
Star rating for Maribel versus the volcano
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Maribel daydreams at school, but when she defies evacuation orders to return home just as Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980, she must focus in order to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Book cover for "Millie and the great drought"
Star rating for Millie and the great drought
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Millie's family is hesitant to leave the farm their family has owned for generations, but after Black Sunday they leave Oklahoma for California where they find a new kind of stuggle.
Book cover for "Mission Hindenburg"
Star rating for Mission Hindenburg
Series:
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
With all the clues pointing towards The Outcast recreating the conditions for the Hindenburg disaster, Dan and Amy Cahill split up in order to discover how this can be the case since no one travels by airship anymore. The Cahills are the world's most powerful family, but their strength is being tested. A sinister man calling himself The Outcast has targeted the family and set them an impossible test. He's recreating four of history's worst disasters...