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Fiction
Title: Gifted
Personal Author: Evangelista, Beth
Publisher: Walker & Co.
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 180
ISBN: 0-8027-8994-3, $16.95
Abstract: Arrogant, mentally gifted George Clark has dreaded the
eighth-grade class camping trip and its inevitable bullying, but a
hurricane and a friend's loyalty make him realize what is important in
life.
"It's hard to write a successful book with an unlikable protagonist .
. . but that's what first-time author Evangelista has done. . . .
Fresh and funny." (Booklist)
Reading Level: 5 and up
Review: Booklist v. 102 no. 8 (Dec. 15 2005). Cooper, Ilene, reviewer
Review: School Library Journal v. 52 no. 1 (Jan. 2006). Pierce, Diana,
reviewer [with full text]
IN Children’s Catalog and Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: Fairy dust and the quest for the egg
Personal Author: Levine, Gail Carson; Christiana, David, il
Publisher: Disney Press
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 188
ISBN: 0-7868-3491-9, $16.99
Abstract: After a hurricane injures the fairies' godlike Mother Dove,
whose magical feathers and precious egg are of powerful importance to
both fairies and Neverland itself, it falls to newcomer Prilla and two
companions to set things right.
This is "an engaging tale. The story is exciting, the characters
accessible . . . and Christiana's lush, full-color illustrations
breathtaking." (SLJ)
Reading Level: 3-5
Review: Booklist v. 101 no. 22 (Aug. 2005). Mattson, Jennifer,
reviewer
Review: School Library Journal v. 51 no. 10 (Oct. 2005). Bird,
Elizabeth, reviewer [with full text]
IN Children’s Catalog
Title: Rest area: stories
Personal Author: Chapman, Clay McLeod
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Year: 2001
ISBN: 0-7868-6737-X
Abstract: The author recounts how in 1983 the boat she was sailing
from Tahiti was wrecked in a hurricane, killing her fiance, and how
she survived after a 41 day solo journey
"Tragic, depressing, and yet inspiring, the contrast between the
idealized past and the horrific present is stark, making Ashcraft's
story of survival and perseverance all the more memorable and
profound." (Booklist)
Review: Booklist v. 98 no. 17 (May 1 2002). Quinn, Gavin, reviewer
Review: Booklist v. 98 no. 8 (Dec. 15 2001). Leventhal, Ted, reviewer
Review: Library Journal (1976) v. 127 no. 3 (Feb. 15 2002). Szczesiul,
Mary, reviewer
IN Public Library Catalog
Title: Storm track
Personal Author: Maron, Margaret
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 260
ISBN: 0-89296-656-4, $28
Abstract: "The residents of Colleton County, North Carolina, must
contend with dual threats: Hurricane Fran, gearing up offshore, and
the presence of a nasty murderer in their midst. Lynn Bullock, known
as a tramp by all except, perhaps, her husband, is strangled in a
local motel, dressed for a tryst, and Deborah's cousin Reid is a top
suspect. More bodies turn up as the hurricane arrives to wreak another
kind of destruction on the locals." (Booklist)
"Deborah Knott, the district court judge who presides over this
enchanting regional series, guides us through these crises with her
customary good sense. . . . Deborah is the voice of sanity and the
soul of wit." (N Y Times Book Rev)
Review: Booklist v. 96 no. 12 (Feb. 15 2000). Ott, Bill, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 125 no. 6 (Apr. 1 2000). Klett, Rex E.,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 105 no. 16 (Apr. 16 2000).
Stasio, Marilyn, reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: A high wind in Jamaica
Personal Author: Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren
Publisher: New York Review Books
Publication Year: 1999
Pages: 279
ISBN: 0-940322-15-3 (paperback), $12.95; 0-06-091627-3 (paperback),
$7.95
Abstract: "A family of children living in Jamaica in the 19th century
are sent to England after a hurricane has partly destroyed their home.
Amiable pirates capture them by mistake, and the children bring about
the pirates' ruin; one girl becomes a murderess. The irrational,
amoral world of children is powerfully conveyed." (Reader's Ency. 4th
edition)
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Stormy weather: a novel
Personal Author: Hiaasen, Carl
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Year: 1995
Pages: 335
ISBN: 0-679-41982-9
Abstract: A Florida hurricane "puts on a collision course a demented
cast of tourists, scam artists and eccentrics: New York ad exec Max
Lamb, who decides to spice up his Orlando honeymoon by taking his
bride and his camcorder into the teeth of the storm; Skink, the
swamp-dwelling former Florida governor . . . who kidnaps Max in an
effort to teach him to respect the land; Edie March, a seductive
drifter who hatches a half-baked personal-injury scam with the help of
Snapper, a sadistic ex-con; and Augustine, the altruistic son of a
jailed drug smuggler, who juggles skulls to relax." (Publ Wkly)
"The crimes plotted are minor aspects of a fiction that explores the
intersection of the grotesque and the human." (Libr J)
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: The silent storm
Personal Author: Garland, Sherry
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication Year: 1993
Pages: 240
ISBN: 0-15-274170-4, $15; 0-15-200016-X (paperback), $6
Abstract: Thirteen-year-old Alyssa has not spoken since seeing her
parents die in a hurricane, and now, three years later, another storm
threatens the home she shares with her grandfather on Galveston Island
"Garland writes evocatively of her coastal setting, developing a solid
sense of place. . . . The characterizations of family members made
fearful by previous losses are well developed. . . . This book will
have appeal for lovers of the outdoors as well as anyone who
appreciates an exciting, atmospheric story." (SLJ)
Review: Booklist v. 89 (June 1-15 1993). Zvirin, Stephanie, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 46 (Apr. 1993).
Sutton, Roger, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 39 (July 1993). Whitehurst, Lucinda
Snyder, reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: The fireman's fair
Personal Author: Humphreys, Josephine
Publisher: Viking
Publication Year: 1991
Pages: 263
ISBN: 0-670-83907-8
Abstract: "Rob Wyatt, unmarried at 32, has quit his job as a lawyer,
moved out of a luxury apartment to poor housing, sold his Alfa for a
cheap used car, and is looking for a new kind of life. Hurricane Hugo
almost devastates the southern town in which he lives and also seems
to have swept an uprooting storm through his personal life. His
unceasing love for Louise, now married to wealthy Frank Camden,
becomes not so firm when Billy Poe, 18 years old and naively innocent
(or precociously wise) comes into Rob's life. She is a healer in her
innocent wisdom and the novel has an ending especially welcome as a
change from many violent and depressing contemporary novels."
(Shapiro. Fic for Youth. 3d edition)
Review: America v. 165 (Aug. 31-S 7 1991). Samway, Patrick H.,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 116 (Apr. 1 1991). Riley, Sheila, reviewer
Review: New Statesman & Society v. 4 (Nov. 1 1991). Quinn, Anthony,
reviewer
Review: School Library Journal v. 37 (Nov. 1991). Timperlake,
Barbette, reviewer
Review: The New York Times Book Review (May 19 1991). Conroy, Frank,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Times Literary Supplement (Nov. 29 1991). Levene, Abigail,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Time v. 137 (May 27 1991). Sheppard, R.Z., reviewer [with
excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 96 (May 19 1991). Conroy,
Frank, reviewer
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: Far Tortuga
Personal Author: Matthiessen, Peter
Publisher: Random House
Publication Year: 1975
Pages: 408
Abstract: "Far Tortuga is the name given by West Indian turtle-fishing
men to a remote inlet south of Cuba that is not found on modern
charts. . . . To hunt the last turtles of the season Capt. Raib Avers
sails from Grand Cayman island with a ragged crew in an even more
ragged boat, the {Lillias} Eden. . . . The boat tacks about the cays
and reefs off the coast of Nicaragua. It is too late to find more than
a few turtles. As discord and desperation mount, the crew talks about
better days: the folklore of hurricanes and pirate captains, of
shipwrecks, ghosts and 'wild niggers' smuggled into Florida. . . .
Avers, as a last gamble, strikes out for Far Tortuga." (Newsweek)
"Almost casually, we have been given a full measure of suspense,
adventure, and first-rate descriptive writing; and along with and
underneath these things, a group of characters who come fully alive
with a complexity and even depth that the usual, traditional story of
men at sea never gives us." (Choice)
IN Fiction Catalog
Title: The slave dancer: a novel
Personal Author: Fox, Paula; Keith, Eros, il
Publisher: Bradbury Press
Publication Year: 1973
Pages: 176
ISBN: 0-02-735560-8, $17.95
Abstract: "Thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier is kidnapped from New
Orleans and taken aboard a slave ship. Cruelly tyrannized by the
ship's captain, Jessie is made to play his fife for the slaves during
the exercise period into which they are forced in order to keep them
fit for sale. When a hurricane destroys the ship, Jessie and Ras, a
young slave, survive. They are helped by an old black man who finds
them, spirits Ras north to freedom, and assists Jessie to return to
his family." (Shapiro. Fic for Youth. 3d edition)
Reading Level: 5 and up
IN Children’s Catalog and Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: Their eyes were watching God
Personal Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
Abstract: This novel "treats social problems from a racial and
feminist perspective. Janie Crawford, raised by her grandmother in
rural poverty, flees her old and dictatorial husband with Joe Starks,
an ambitious man who becomes the mayor of Florida's first town run by
African Americans. When Joe dies, Janie falls in love with the younger
Teacake and follows him to the truck farming area of the Florida
swamps. In the floods following a hurricane, he is bitten by a rabid
dog and, crazed, attacks Janie. She shoots him, is charged with
murder, and finally exonerated. When she returns to the town she and
Joe built, she tells her story to a friend." (HarperCollins Reader's
Ency of Am Lit)
IN Senior High School Library Catalog and Fiction Catalog
Title: The sea, the storm, and the mangrove tangle
Personal Author: Cherry, Lynne
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Year: 2004
Pages: unpaged
ISBN: 0-374-36482-6, $16
Abstract: A seed from a mangrove tree floats on the sea until it comes
to rest on the shore of a faraway lagoon where, over time, it becomes
a mangrove island that shelters many birds and animals, even during a
hurricane.
"Cherry paints lustrous, detailed scenes that, together with her
accessible narrative, will spark children's interest in a magnificent,
endangered ecosystem." (Booklist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: E
Review: Booklist v. 101 no. 5 (Nov. 1 2004). Engberg, Gillian,
reviewer
Review: School Library Journal v. 50 no. 12 (Dec. 2004). Scheps,
Susan, reviewer [with full text]
Review: Publishers Weekly v. 251 no. 51 (Dec. 20 2004)
IN Children’s Catalog
Title: Sergio and the hurricane
Personal Author: Wallner, Alexandra
Publisher: Holt & Co.
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: unpaged
ISBN: 0-8050-6203-3, $16
Abstract: A young boy is excited when he hears that a hurricane is
coming to his oceanfront home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but when it
comes, he learns how dangerous hurricanes can be
"Wallner's neatly drawn scenes, in muted colors, convey a sense of
calm urgency before the hurricane, and her figures show restraint
afterward." (Booklist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: E
Review: Booklist v. 97 no. 2 (Sept. 15 2000). Peters, John, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 54 no. 2 (Oct.
2000). Kory, Fern, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: MultiCultural Review v. 10 no. 1 (Mar. 2001). Mullen, Carol
A., reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Children’s Catalog
Title: Radio rescue
Personal Author: Barasch, Lynne
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: unpaged
ISBN: 0-374-36166-5, $16
Abstract: In 1923, after learning Morse code and setting up his own
amateur radio station, a twelve-year-old boy sends a message that
leads to the rescue of a family stranded by a hurricane in Florida.
Based on experiences of the author's father
"In a well-designed mix of insets, brief sketches, and full-page
drawings, the author's uncluttered color cartoons do an excellent job
of illustrating the technology and the code, at the same time creating
likeable, expressive characters." (Booklist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: E
Review: Booklist v. 97 no. 2 (Sept. 15 2000). Engberg, Gillian,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 53 no. 11
(July/Aug. 2000). Bush, Elizabeth, reviewer [with excerpt, full text]
Review: School Library Journal v. 46 no. 10 (Oct. 2000). Kelly,
Kathleen, reviewer [with excerpt, full text]
Review: The Horn Book v. 76 no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2000). Sieruta, Peter
D., reviewer [with excerpt, full text]
IN Children’s Catalog
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Nonfiction
Title: Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in
history
Personal Author: Larson, Erik; Cline, Isaac Monroe
Publisher: Crown
Publication Year: 1999
Pages: 323
ISBN: 0-609-60233-0, $25; 0-375-70827-8 (paperback), $13
Abstract: "The hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, on September 8,
1900, was the nation's deadliest natural disaster; it destroyed much
of the city and killed thousands of people. Larson relates the tragedy
in several layers, centering on the personal and professional story of
Isaac Cline, head of the U.S. Weather Bureau's Galveston office."
(Voice Youth Advocates)
"Larson expertly captures the power of the storm itself and the
ironic, often catastrophic consequences of the unpredictable
intersection of natural force and human choice." (Publ Wkly)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 976.4
Review: Booklist v. 95 no. 19-20 (June 1-15 1999). Taylor, Gilbert,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Choice v. 37 no. 8 (Apr. 2000). Staver, A.E., reviewer [with
excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 124 no. 12 (July 1999). Stevenson, Trisha,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: New Statesman (London, England: 1996) v. 128 no. 4457 (Oct. 11
1999). Abrams, Rebecca, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 46 no. 3 (Mar. 2000). Rieben,
Cynthia, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition) v. 91 no. 185
(Aug. 19 1999). Hoyle, John Christian, reviewer
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 104 no. 37 (Sept. 12 1999).
Bolster, W. Jeffrey, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Journal of Coastal Research v. 17 no. 4 (Fall 2001). Kelley,
Joseph T., reviewer [with full text]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 104 (Sept. 12 1999).
Bolster, W. Jeffrey, reviewer
IN Public Library Catalog Title: The great
hurricane-1938
Personal Author: Burns, Cherie
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 240
ISBN: 0-8711-3893-X, $24
Abstract: The author discusses the hurricane of September 1938, which
affected the northeastern United States from Long Island to
Providence, Rhode Island.
The author "has dug up old newspaper accounts and local histories to
reconstruct the terror and destruction that accompanied the 1938
hurricane. Those who suffered the most, of course, did not survive to
tell their tales. Nearly 700 people died, and about 63,000 were left
homeless. . . . Survivor's stories, however, give ample feeling for
the power of the rain, tide, and wind." (Nat Hist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 974.7
Review: Natural History v. 115 [i.e.114] no8 (Oct. 2005). Marschall,
Laurence A., reviewer [with excerpt, full text]
IN Public Library Catalog Title: World atlas of
the oceans: more than 200 maps and charts of the ocean floor
Personal Author: Leier, Manfred, ed
Publisher: Firefly Bks.
Publication Year: 2001
Pages: 264
ISBN: 1-55209-585-1, $50
Abstract: "This work begins with several sections about oceans in
general, including relief maps as well as chapters on 'How the Oceans
Were Formed' and 'The Ocean as a Habitat and Commercial Area.' The
section that follows contains bathymetric charts documenting the
levels of individual oceans and basins. . . . The habitats and
commerce section is extensive and covers many fascinating topics such
as ocean currents and tides, hurricane formation, sea life, sea trade,
oil and mineral deposits, and canals and ports. There is even
information on sunken ships and treasure and shipwrecks of the
twentieth century. Each topic warrants a two-page spread with
photographs, maps, tables, or all of the above." (Booklist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 912
Review: Reference & User Services Quarterly v. 41 no. 3 (Spr 2002).
Kowal, Kimberly C., reviewer [with full text]
IN Public Library Catalog Title: All the men in
the sea: the untold story of one of the greatest rescues in history
Personal Author: Krieger, Michael J.
Publisher: Free Press
Publication Year: 2002
Pages: 222
ISBN: 0-7432-2708-5, $25; 0-7434-7091-5 (paperback), $6.99
Abstract: This is an account "of the disaster that befell pipelaying
divers and attendant seamen aboard barge 269 during a hurricane.
Floating 60 miles off the coast of Yucatan Peninsula, 269 was moored
to two tugboats in October 1995 when Hurricane Roxanne moved in. . . .
In the second part of the book, Krieger examines the . . . suit
brought against the Mexican-U.S. company that owned the barge by
various parties who are still plagued by choking memories of a debacle
so viscerally recaptured." (Publ Wkly)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 910.4
Review: Marine Technology Society Journal v. 37 no. 2 (Summ 2003).
Krieger, Michael, reviewer
IN Public Library Catalog Title: The perfect
storm: a true story of men against the sea
Personal Author: Junger, Sebastian
Publisher: Norton
Publication Year: 1997
Pages: 226
ISBN: 0-393-04016-X, $23.95
Abstract: "With waves as high as a hundred feet and winds so strong
that anemometers were torn from their moorings, the storm of the title
struck unsuspecting mariners off the coast of Nova Scotia in October,
1991. Junger traces the last voyage of the Andrea Gail--a commercial
swordfishing boat that was lost, with all six hands, in the storm--and
his account is relentlessly suspenseful." (New Yorker)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 910.4
Review: Library Journal v. 122 (May 15 1997). Kenny, John, reviewer
Review: London Review of Books v. 19 (Nov. 27 1997). Loomis, Chauncey,
reviewer
Review: Newsweek v. 129 (June 16 1997). Gates, David, reviewer [with
excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 43 (Nov. 1997). Stevens, Penny,
reviewer
Review: The Christian Science Monitor (Eastern edition) (July 8 1997).
Bolton-Fasman, Judith, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The New York Times Book Review (June 22 1997). Bailey,
Anthony, reviewer
Review: The Times Literary Supplement no. 4920 (July 18 1997).
Sutherland, John, reviewer
Review: Time v. 149 (June 23 1997). Snow, John, reviewer [with
excerpt]
Review: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society v. 79 no. 5
(May 1998). Burba, Julie; Muench, Stu, reviewer
Review: New York Times (Late New York Edition) (June 5 1997).
Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher, reviewer
Review: Smithsonian v. 28 (Oct. 1997). Trachtman, Paul, reviewer [with
full text]
Review: The New York Times Book Review v. 102 (June 22 1997). Bailey,
Anthony, reviewer
Review: Yankee v. 61 (Dec. 1997). Elan, Geoffrey, reviewer
IN Public Library Catalog Title: Braving the
elements: the stormy history of American weather
Personal Author: Laskin, David
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Year: 1995
Pages: 241
ISBN: 0-385-46956-X (paperback), $12.95
Abstract: The author presents a "history of our weather and our
interpretations of it, covering everything from spiritual
perspectives--weather as signs from God--to our obsession with
televised forecasts. Laskin articulates the myriad ways weather
affects us, from the obvious, such as the destructiveness of
hurricanes, to more subtle manifestations, such as how it influences
our moods." (Booklist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.6
IN Senior High School Library Catalog and Public Library Catalog
Title: Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones: disaster & survival
Personal Author: Ceban, Bonnie J.
Publisher: Enslow Pubs.
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 48
ISBN: 0-7660-2388-5 (lib bdg), $31.93
Abstract: This briefly explains the science of hurricanes, typhoons,
and cyclones; describes Cyclone Tracy in Australia in 1974, Hurricanes
Andrew and Floyd in Florida in 1991 and 1999 respectively, and Typhoon
Tokage in Japan in 2004; and suggests safety precautions.
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.55
Reading Level: 4 and up
IN Children’s Catalog and Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: Hurricanes
Personal Author: Simon, Seymour
Publisher: HarperCollins Pubs.
Publication Year: 2003
Pages: un
ISBN: 0-688-16291-6, $15.99; 0-688-16292-4 (lib bdg), $16.89
Abstract: Discusses where and how hurricanes are formed, the
destruction caused by legendary storms, and the precautions to take
when a hurricane strikes
"Pairing a simply phrased narrative with arresting, eye-catching color
photos, Simon explains what hurricanes are and imparts a vivid sense
of their destructive potential." (Booklist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.55
Reading Level: 4 and up
Review: School Library Journal v. 50 no. 1 (Jan. 2004). French,
Jeffrey A., reviewer [with full text]
Review: Science Books & Films v. 40 no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2004). Kumar,
Sanjaya, reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: Inside the hurricane: face to face with nature's deadliest
storms
Personal Author: Davies, Pete
Publisher: Holt & Co.
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 264
ISBN: 0-8050-6611-X (paperback), $14
Abstract: The author "surveys the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season,
focusing on the experiences of a small group of hurricane researchers
and forecasters. . . . Vivid and engrossing; recommended for both
public and academic libraries." (Libr J)
"In 1918, in the shadow of the First World War, influenza killed some
40 million people, in the world's worst ever pandemic. . . .
Scientists working with influenza . . . know that, in the nature of
things, there will be another flu pandemic, that the virus is unstable
and unpredictable, that the next outbreak could be a repeat of 1918.
In 1997, they thought that repeat had arrived. The story of these
influenza scientists, and of their attempts to elucidate the mystery
of why the 1918 virus was so lethal, is told in {Davies's book}."
(Times Lit Suppl)
This is "a lively read and a wake-up call about current threats from
an old disease." (Publ Wkly)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.55
Review: Booklist v. 96 no. 22 (Aug. 2000). Taylor, Gilbert, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 125 no. 12 (July 2000). Curtis, Nancy R.,
reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Library Journal v. 125 no. 14 (Sept. 1 2000). Arsenault,
Kathy, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: The Times Literary Supplement no. 5031 (Sept. 3 1999). Hardy,
Anne, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: Weatherwise v. 53 no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2000). Gedzelman, Stanley
David, reviewer [with full text]
IN Public Library Catalog Title: Hurricane &
tornado
Personal Author: Challoner, Jack
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Publication Year: 2000
Pages: 61
ISBN: 0-7894-5242-1, $15.95; 0-7894-6804-2 (lib bdg), $19.99
Abstract: Describes dangerous and destructive weather conditions
around the world, such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes,
lightning, hail, and drought with photographs, historical background,
and legends
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.55
Reading Level: 4 and up
IN Children’s Catalog Title: Encyclopedia of
hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones
Personal Author: Longshore, David
Publisher: Facts on File
Publication Year: 1998
Pages: 372
ISBN: 0-8160-3398-6, $55; 0-8160-4291-8 (paperback), $19.95
Abstract: This encyclopedia describes named hurricanes, typhoons and
cyclones, explains meteorological terms and instruments, and includes
biographical data, a chronology, and a list of hurricane safety
procedures
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.55
Reading Level: 7 and up
Review: Booklist v. 95 no. 1 (Sept. 1 1998). Longshore, David,
reviewer [with excerpt]
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog, Senior High School
Library Catalog, and Public Library Catalog Title:
Hurricane Andrew: nature's rage
Personal Author: Sherrow, Victoria
Publisher: Enslow Pubs.
Publication Year: 1998
Pages: 48
ISBN: 0-7660-1057-0 (lib bdg), $23.93
Abstract: Details the course of Hurricane Andrew, which hit the
southeastern United States in 1992, and describes the recovery efforts
that followed the storm
"Quotes from individuals who survived the hurricane add credence to
the descriptions of its destructiveness. Numerous colored photos
vividly portray the damage inflicted by the storm." (Sci Books Films)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.55
IN Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog
Title: Hurricanes
Personal Author: Allaby, Michael
Publisher: Facts on File : NY
Publication Year: 1997
Pages: 136
ISBN: 0-8160-3516-4, $35
Abstract: Among the topics included in this book are: what is a
hurricane?, how hurricanes begin and where they occur, and how
hurricane damage is predicted
"Concepts are explained in understandable terms and the author offers
detailed descriptions of related topics . . . students will be
pleasantly surprised by the wealth of information included." (SLJ)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.55
IN Senior High School Library Catalog Title: The
magic school bus inside a hurricane
Personal Author: Cole, Joanna; Degen, Bruce, il
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication Year: 1995
Pages: un
ISBN: 0-590-44686-X, $15.95; 0-590-44687-8 (paperback), $4.99
Abstract: "The magic school bus changes into a weather balloon and
then into an airplane as the class experiences the hurricane and a
spin-off tornado firsthand. As usual, Ms. Frizzle's wardrobe is as
changeable as the weather. The familiar format features lots of
weather information delivered via students' written reports and spoken
comments." (SLJ)
"Cole presents the science in easy-to-understand terms, with Degen
clarifying the concepts and adding comic relief through
double-page-spread pictures that brim with details." (Booklist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.55
Reading Level: 2-4
Review: Booklist v. 91 (June 1-15 1995). Zvirin, Stephanie, reviewer
[with excerpt]
Review: Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books v. 49 (Oct. 1995).
Sutton, Roger, reviewer [with excerpt]
Review: School Library Journal v. 41 (Sept. 1995). Weech, Eunice,
reviewer
IN Children’s Catalog Title: Defining the wind:
the Beaufort scales, and how a nineteenth century admiral turned
science into poetry
Personal Author: Huler, Scott
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Publication Year: 2004
Pages: 290
ISBN: 1-400-04884-2, $23
Abstract: "Less a piece of science writing than a writer's meditation
on science, this gem of a book is equal parts history, mystery,
textbook and memoir." (Publ Wkly)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 551.51
Review: Natural History v. 113 no. 9 (Nov. 2004). Marschall, Laurence
A., reviewer [with full text]
Review: Weatherwise v. 57 no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2004). Cerveny, Randy,
reviewer [with full text]
Review: The Professional Geographer v. 57 no. 3 (Aug. 2005). Monmonier,
Mark, reviewer
Review: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society v. 86 no. 9
(Sept. 2005). Volkert, Hans, reviewer [with full text]
IN Public Library Catalog Title: Category 5: the
story of Camille, lessons unlearned from America's most violent
hurricane
Personal Author: Zebrowski, Ernest Jr.; Howard, Judith A.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication Year: 2005
Pages: 276
ISBN: 0-472-11525-1, $27.95
Abstract: "Partly a narrative and partly a pondering of how people and
authorities prepare for predictable risk, the work focuses on the
areas devastated by the maelstrom: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana;
Mississippi's Gulf Coast; and faraway Nelson County, Virginia. . . .
The authors sound a pessimistic note about society's short-term memory
in their sobering, able history of Camille." (Booklist)
Dewey Decimal Classification: 363.34
Review: Booklist v. 102 no. 8 (Dec. 15 2005). Taylor, Gilbert,
reviewer
IN Public Library Catalog
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