storms

Black Beauty finally finds a good home when he is purchased by a cabdriver named Jerry, and he repays the kindness shown to him by saving Jerry's daughter from drowning.

Explains how each snowflake starts with tiny ice crystals, what makes blizzards such bad storms, and why snow can fall in warm places.

Presents a comprehensive survey of Hurricane Andrew in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana from August 22 to 26, 1992, and examines the death toll and damage left behind, its effect on the natural environment, how and why hurricanes develop, and more.

Quint finally begins his training at the Knights Academy, Maris adjusts to life in Undertown, and Sanctaphrax shivers in anticipation of a legendary storm, while a storm of a different kind brews between sky-scholars and earth-scholars.

Twig, a young sky pirate captain, is the only one who can save the floating city of Sanctaphrax from the Mother Storm.

While salvaging and rebuilding in the aftermath of the Galveston flood of 1900, sixteen-year-old Seth proves himself in a way that his previous efforts never could, but he still must face his father man-to-man.

When a tornado threatens his farm, Otis the tractor must try to save the animals, including an unfriendly bull.

When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years. Includes an author's note which provides factual information on tsunamis.

Explores several types of extreme weather, including tornadoes, thunderstorms, blizzards, and droughts, and looks at the ways in which humans affect the weather of the planet.