families

Rafael and Franco find themselves stuck on a raft and battling an aggressive shark.

The members of the Silva family visit Brazil and find themselves in danger after the captain of their boat falls overboard and they go down the wrong side of the river.

Franco finds himself in danger after the boat on which he is fishing is hijacked and he and the other men are locked in a cabin.

Franco participates in a scuba diving class, and when he goes on a scuba trip, a giant squid tries to pull him under water.

Rafael Silva and his children are on a small plane headed toward California when the plane is struck by lightning, and the pilot is able to land the aircraft in the desert.

The men in the Silva family go on a camping trip, and while enjoying the wilderness they encounter a bear and escape a fire.

Rafael Silva takes his kids along on a last minute business trip, planning to squeeze in some family fun skiing at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, but an unexpected blizzard makes them thankful their mother Ana, who stayed at home, insisted they bring extra warm clothes and snacks.

After Rafael Silva is offered the opportunity to design a watering system for Plains, Kansas, he and his son, Antonio--who likes tornadoes--move into a rented farmhouse, but Antonio's interest in tornadoes changes when he experiences the real thing.

Miranda Evans, her two brothers, and their mother struggle for survival a year after the moon's collision with a meteor altered the climate forever, and while things become more difficult with the arrival of six more people, including her father and stepmother, a new disaster threatens to derail the new lives they have been trying to build.

The author discusses what it was like to grow up in postwar Bucharest, describing the unique characteristics of her family members and their efforts to protect her from the dangers of living in Communist Romania.