Luke Thompson
2) Floods
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains why floods occur, describes the disastrous effects of flooding, and discusses methods of flood prevention and control.
3) Tsunamis
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Defines tsunamis and describes the geologic forces that cause them, as well as the damage they can inflict when the huge walls of ocean water strike land.
4) Volcanoes
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses how a volcano forms and erupts, how it may be predicted, and safety tips to follow.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It's 1939 and Mary, a young socialite, is determined to shock her blueblood political family by volunteering for the war effort. She is assigned as a teacher to children who were evacuated from London and have been rejected by the countryside because they are infirm, mentally disabled, or -- like Mary's favorite student, Zachary -- have colored skin. Tom, an education administrator, is distraught when his best friend, Alastair, enlists. Alastair,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Having fled conflict in the former-Soviet Republic of Georgia as children, Saba and his brother have fought to make peace with the past. In particular, they struggle with the sacrifices of a mother who remained in a war zone so that their father could get them out. Now, years later, the brothers are young adults, their mother is dead, and their father has been lured back to their beautiful, decaying homeland - only to disappear. Then Saba's older...