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I survived volume 5
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English
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Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally...
2) Eruption
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Storm runners volume 3
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English
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The explosive conclusion to Roland Smith's fast-paced action series!Chase Masters and his friends have made it through the longest night of their lives, but their adventures are far from over. Now they're headed south of the border to track down the missing Rossi Brothers' Circus. With a volcano about to erupt after a massive earthquake, Chase has never faced such a serious threat to his survival! Roland Smith first worked with animals at the...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 24
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English
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Jack and Annie are all shaken up! The magic tree house whisks them back to California in 1906. As soon as they arrive, the famous San Francisco earthquake hits the city. Can Jack and Annie find the final writing they need to help Morgan save Camelot? Or will San Francisco be destroyed first?
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This is the story of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906: It contains never before published documents of the insurance companies, the military, and the Red Cross to tear away the myths and expose the real villains and heroes The last big earthquake in the United States came at 5:13 a.m. on April 18, 1906, in San Francisco. No one knows when the next, even more devastating earthquake will come to San Francisco, but one will come. Gordon Thomas and...
6) Cave-in
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Stay alive volume 2
Language
English
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A group of kids on a field trip on a coastal island are abandoned after an earthquake hits and the fort they are studying collapses. At first they are trapped inside but after escaping the cave-in, they realize debris from the collapse has destroyed all of their supplies.
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"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly...
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Ranger in time volume 6
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English
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This time Ranger, the time-traveling Golden retriever, finds himself in San Francisco in the middle of the great 1906 earthquake, and his mission is obviously to get a young Chinese immigrant, Lily Chen, to safety, but as they make their way through the ruined and burning city Ranger finds that he must also accomplish something else--finding Lily, who was sold as a servant by her parents, a new family who will care for her.
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Series
Bear Grylls adventures volume 6
Language
English
Description
Fatima is having fun camping with her friends, but she is afraid the dark. She has to get through a ruined city at night, avoiding the dangers of crumbling buildings, cracks in the ground and fallen masonry without power or light.
11) Earthquakes
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Series
Publisher
Rosen
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Explains what earthquakes are, why they happen, how they are studied, and how to protect yourself in an earthquake.
13) Earthquakes
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Publisher
Twenty-First Century
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Describes the nature and causes of earthquakes, the damage they do, ways to predict them, and numerous earthquake disasters throughout the world.
15) Earthquake!
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Publisher
Rigby
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of three people during an earthquake.
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Series
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Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The death toll rises as the great wrath of the Lamb earthquake ends. Victims throughout the world struggle to find family and friends. The Young Trib Force is no exception. Ryan has disappeared. Judd risks his life with a dangerous motorcycle jump. And through a series of strange events, Lionel finds himself in the mind-numbing clutches of the Global Community. Will he figure out his true identity and locate his friends? Will Ryan survive the deadly...