Naujokaitis, Pranas T.
Summary: "In History Comics: The Challenger Disaster, we turn the clock back to January 28, 1986. Seven astronauts boarded the space shuttle Challenger on what would be a routine mission. All eyes and cameras were on crew member Christa McAuliffe, a high school teacher, who was set to become the first private citizen in space. Excitement filled the air as the clock counted down to liftoff. But at T-plus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.124 NAUSummary: Final destination: While boarding for a cross-country flight with friends, Alex has a premonition of the plane crashing. When he causes a ruckus and gets kicked off the flight, he and his friends watch in horror as the plane crashes, but Alex and his friends learn that they were fated to die on board the airplane, a fate that hunts them down one-by-one. Final destination 2: A teen with mild...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR FINWoods, Michael
Summary: Describes environmental disasters, including oil spills, chemical leaks, toxic pollution, and nuclear accidents, and discusses how they impact people, wildlife, and the environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.702 WOOSummary: A chance car accident introduces the Henderson family to the real-life Bigfoot, who is anything but a ferocious monster. He quickly becomes a true friend of the family. They're soon in a race against the clock to return "Harry' to his natural environment before the authorities capture him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family HarryCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HARSummary: In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 33 RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THISummary: After an accident in the lab of the maniacal Dr. Barsinister, an ordinary beagle named Shoeshine finds he has some unimaginable powers, along with the ability to speak. Underdog vows to protect the citizens of Capitol City, and one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY UNDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Movie Underdog 2007Copies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UND RATED PGRaymer, Dottie.
Summary: Explains what to expect when one is left home alone and how to respond when the unexpected happens, with activities to help learn about one's home, neighborhood, and capabilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613 RAYSwartz, Elly
Summary: Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade--until one summer when everything changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SWATougias, Mike
Summary: "In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. When the Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls, they immediately dispatched a patrol rescue boat. But within an hour, the Coast Guard rescue boat was in as much trouble as the tanker--both paralyzed in unrelenting seas. Enter Captain Frank Quirk who was compelled to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.4 TOUSummary: Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI GRAKallio, Jamie
Summary: Offers readers 12 tips for staying safe, including using cyber sense and being prepared for weather emergencies. Full-color spreads give readers essential facts about each tip, its benefits, and how the reader can start preparing today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 12-Story Library 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613.6 KALMcNeese, Tim.
Summary: Recounts events surrounding the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, the first shuttle to carry a civilian passenger, and discusses the impact of this disaster on the United States space program.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363 MCNSummary: Final destination: After being kicked off the plane because of his disruptive premonition, Alex and some of his classmates watch as the premonition comes true. Now having dodged death once, the terror begins in full as fate hunts them down one by one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Productions 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FINTarshis, Lauren
Summary: A deadly and strange disaster. It's been four years since Carmen and Papa moved from Italy to Boston. Life here is exciting, but not always easy. And then there's the massive metal tank that rises up over their crowded North End neighborhood. The ugly tank, filled with sticky brown molasses, has always leaked. But nobody imagined that it could one day explode apart, sending a tsunami of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Examines the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Japan. Looks at the lives of some of the refugees from the town of Futaba. Raises questions regarding the future of nuclear power in Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NUCChau, Alina
Summary: "Jordan's days as the star player for her school's basketball team ended when an accident left her paralyzed...Now, she's still the team captain, but her competition days seem to be behind her...until an encounter with a mysterious elephant, who she names Marshmallow, helps Jordan discover a brand new sport. Will water polo be the way for Jordan to continue her athletic dreams--or will it just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 CHALangeland, Deirdre
Summary: Draws on first-person testimony to document the harrowing events of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima power plant, triggering a nightmare nuclear meltdown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.17 LANSteinke, Aron Nels
Summary: When the students in Mr. Wolf's class learn about personal narratives, Sampson doesn't think anything worth writing about has ever happened to him, until a bicycle accident gives him a new perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Every year, Western mountain climbers make news ascending Mount Everest. The compelling stories of the Sherpas, the Nepalese guides who risk their lives to provide for their families, have remained a mystery, until now. This chronicles a fateful 2014 expedition and the tragic avalanche that spurred the Sherpas to make a stand for human rights and respect.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SHELeinbach, Michael D.
Summary: On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed rural east...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Higginbotham, Adam
Summary: Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.17 HIGCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environ HigginbothamAronson, Marc.
Summary: "The amazing story of the Chilean miners and their incredible rescue!"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2011
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Summary: "This title will help readers understand the causes, timeline, and aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. The title is complete with glossary, index, and additional facts"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dash! Leveled Readers, an imprint of Abdo Zoom 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J363.17 MURSummary: Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn adversity into triumph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Searchlight Pictures 2010