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Author
Series
I survived volume 22
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three, six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an unexpected blizzard strands the animals of the Athensville Zoo in a seemingly empty elementary school overnight, Plum the peacock must overcome his anxiety to save his friend Itch, who gets lost in a snowdrift.
Author
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 6
Language
English
Description
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
Author
Series
I survived volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old John Hale has already survived one brutal Dakota winter, and now he's about to experience one of the deadliest blizzards in American history. The storm of 1888 was a monster, a frozen hurricane that slammed into America's midwest without warning. Within hours, America's prairie would be buried under ten feet of snow. Hundreds would be dead, thousands terrified and lost and freezing. John never wanted to move to the wide-open prairie....
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Teddy is a gifted dog. Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud and the comforting clicking of a keyboard. Although Teddy understands words, Sylvan always told him there are only two kinds of people in the world who can hear Teddy speak: poets and children. Then one day Teddy learns that Sylvan was right. When Teddy finds Nickel and Flora trapped in a snowstorm, he tells them that he will bring them home...
9) Wolf storm
Author
Language
English
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Description
Three young actors shooting a movie in the snow-covered Carpathian Mountains are separated from base camp by a terrible blizzard and come face-to-face with a pack of hungry wolves.
10) Forces of nature
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An exploration of weather that provides information on thunderstorms, earthquakes, blizzards, hurricanes, and other phenomena and offers tips on how to prepare for and stay safe during extreme weather conditions.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 6
Language
English
Description
"Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
103 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A family--a mother, a father, and their ten-year-old son--have come all the way from Florida to the Appalachian foothills to experience the wonder of a snowy weekend. At a nearby farm, a cattle dog is working, as she does every day, driving her forty head of cattle from pasture to corral and back again. And then, suddenly, a blizzard descends. The family is trapped outside, disoriented in the whiteout. They are panicked, exhausted, freezing, and stranded...
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 16
Language
English
Description
While battling a "blinded" blizzard to get cough syrup for Baby Mollie, fearless Hank charms Miss Beulah the Collie Dog, saves Slim and Drover from freezing, sings a love song about fleas, and outwits Pete the Barncat.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1856, Kirsten and her cousins look after the farm while the adults go to town for supplies, and everything is fine--until a blizzard surprises them.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rolvig struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
17) Hear the wolves
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sloan Riley is a skilled hunter, but since her mother left, and she lost hearing in one ear, she has clung to her father and older sister, so waking up and discovering they have left her for a few days terrifies her--but when an autumn blizzard threatens to bury her small Alaskan town, and the wolves begin to hunt, she must find her courage if she is to get herself and the few remaining citizens to safety beyond the forest.
Author
Series
No place for monsters volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This follow-up to "No Place for Monsters" finds Levi and Kat trapped in the school overnight by freak weather and discovering that a cold-hearted new evil has emerged that they must stop before it eats the entire school.
19) Storm Mountain
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
135 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two thirteen-year-old cousins are trapped in a blizzard on the same treacherous mountain in the Cascades that claimed the lives of their world-famous, mountain-climber, twin fathers exactly two years earlier.
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