avalanches

Upset over his parent's impending divorce, fourteen-year-old Scott goes to visit his brother in Colorado where they are both nearly buried by an avalanche.

Describes the causes and effects of avalanches, case studies of past avalanches, and how they can be predicted or prevented in the future.

Discusses how different types of avalanches are caused, how they may be prevented, and how people can protect themselves and their homes from this type of disaster.

Discusses different types of avalanches, how they form, where they happen, and how to keep safe when traveling in snowy mountains.

While their parents study why wolverines are disappearing from Alaska's Denali National Park, Jack and Ashley are stranded in a remote area with their mysterious new foster brother when a hit man's bullet triggers an avalanche.

Discusses, in question and answer format, what avalanches are, how they occur, and how to protect oneself from avalanches.

Examines the causes and disastrous effects of avalanches, and discusses early warning systems and how scientists study and predict avalanches.

Describes the causes of avalanches, different kinds of avalanches, avalanche safety, and methods used by some states to control avalanches, and tells the true story of an avalanche survivor.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduces young readers to the dangers of landslides and avalanches, and describes what causes them, explains how to predict and prevent them; and also profiles several landslides and avalanches throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.