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Author
Series
Mistborn volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
Description
Who is the Hero of Ages? To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness--the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists--is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed. Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler...
Author
Series
I survived volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco - not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken - literally...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Earthquakes happen when big plates of earth slide past one another. Powerful earthquakes can cause serious damage! Learn where earthquakes are common and how to stay safe, and hear from someone who survived an earthquake
5) Earthquakes
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of earthquakes, describing their characteristics, formation, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant earthquakes from history"--
8) Earthquakes
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about earthquakes, what causes them, and where they are likely to occur and describes the effects of some of the most famous hurricanes of the past.
9) The quake
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In 1904 an earthquake shook Oslo. Its epicenter was in the Oslo Rift which runs directly through the Norwegian capital. There are recorded quakes from the rift on a daily basis and geologists cannot be sure, but arguments indicate that people can expect major future earthquakes in this area.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes what earthquakes are, what causes them, and the destruction they cause, focusing on famous earthquakes, including the Good Friday earthquake in Alaska in 1964.
11) San Andreas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a magnitude nine earthquake leaves California in ruins, a helicopter pilot and his estranged wife make their way to San Francisco to save their only daughter.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Meredith White was one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and alienated her from her family. For the last fifteen 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 neighbors...
Author
Series
Atherton volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Edgar finds a book that reveals secrets about Atherton, the strictly divided world on which he lives, even as geological changes threaten to shift the power structure that allows an elite few to live off the labor of others.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
On April 25, 2015 a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal, wiping out villages and leaving thousands dead. Through eyewitness footage, expert interviews, and stunning graphics, this film reveals the anatomy of this megaquake while scientists race to answer urgent questions, is another big one coming?
Author
Series
Publisher
an imprint of Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Earthquakes can reduce hundreds of buildings to piles of rubble in just seconds. In their aftermath, people can be buried for days. From well-known earthquakes around the world to those that are lesser known, learn about earthquake victims and about the valiant attempts made to save them. You'll be on the edge of your seat as you discover the details of what makes a successful rescue, from fierce determination to the right equipment.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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.
18) 10.5 apocalypse
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Another massive 10.5 quake tears apart the West Coast, threatening to turn the American landscape into a hellish wasteland"--Container.
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