hurricanes

"Hurricanes can tower miles high in the sky and whip winds from a distance that would stretch from New York City to Miami. A hurricane may have even been responsible for helping the United States win its independence. But did you know we're figuring out ways to battle these beastly storms? Discover extreme facts about hurricanes in this fun and kooky book"--.

Explains to young readers how hurricanes form.

"On a stormy Halloween weekend, Ray enlists his best friends Joaquin, Sofia, and Isabella to help him make a documentary of Malicia, the abandoned theme park off the coast of the Dominican Republic where his mother and brother died in a mass killing thirteen years ago. But what should be an easy weekend trip quickly turns into something darker because all four friends have come to Malicia for their own reasons: Ray has come to Malicia to find out the truth of the massacre that destroyed his family. Isabella has come to make art out of Ray's tragedy for her own personal gain. Sofia has come to support her friends in one last adventure before she goes to med school. Joaquin already knows the truth of the Malicia Massacre and has come to betray his crush Ray to the evil that made the park possible. With an impending hurricane and horrors around every corner, they all struggle to face the deadly storm and their own inner demons. But the deadliest evil of all is the ancient malignant presence on the island"--OCLC.

When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.

"Calder Academy is where the rogue paranormals go. The ones who break the rules or lose control. And when that happens for vamps, werewolves, witches, and dark fae? It gets pretty freaking scary. Clementine should know. Because she's trapped there. [Her mom] just happens to run Calder Academy, which paints a giant target on her back. The way she makes it through the dark halls is by steering clear of the things--and kids--who go bump in the night. Especially Jude Abernathy-Lee. But when a freak storm hits their isolated island, Clementine is stuck without a backup plan. The power is gone. The lights are out. And their worst nightmares are suddenly real--and out for blood. Now the only way to survive is to align herself with one evil to avoid the other. And the only thing worse than the idea of getting close to Jude? Secretly loving every minute of it"--Adapted from publisher description.

Twelve-year-old Murray struggles to regain her magic after a hurricane forces her to move away from her beloved ocean that, she believes, has given her special powers.

As a hurricane bears down on her town, Lupita finds two baby birds who have fallen out of their nest and brings them inside to shelter them from the storm so the little palomitas will be safe and feel less scared.

When a storm threatens Diwali celebrations, eight-year-old Sejal Sinha, a spunky Indian-American girl with an active imagination, tries to use science to save her family's beloved holiday.

This book features a high/low approach to meteorological phenomenon, focusing on the history, facts and figures, and technology of hurricanes. Offers diagrams and sources to more information.