hurricanes

When a hurricane threatens to harm the underwater homes of the merpeople, it is up to India Finch, a part-human/part-mermaid teenager, to warn her ocean friends.

Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a "storm runner," but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida.

Friends Chase, Nicole, and Rashawn survive Hurricane Emily and make their way to Nicole's family farm, the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus, only to find the circus lions and an unpredictable leopard have escaped their cages while the flood waters are rising.

A look at hurricanes, explaining what they are and how they form, and describing the damage that can be caused by the storms.

Looks at dangerous types of storms and other storm-related disasters, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and lightning.

"When a terrible storm visits Martine's colorful little neighborhood, she thinks of something brilliant to help the people gt back on their feet!"--Page four of cover.

Looks at the causes, locations, history, and all-time records of hurricanes.

Examines what happens during a hurricane, why they occur, and how to keep safe; and disastrous hurricanes throughout history.

Photographs, maps, and text provide a brief understanding of hurricanes, how they are formed, and the destruction they leave behind.

Eleven-year-old Barry Hunter and his family attempt to ride out Hurricane Katrina at home in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans when his little sister gets ill, but when the levees break, Barry gets swept away from his family.