Gwin, Minrose
Summary: A devastating tornado rips through the town of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the height of the Great Depression. Dovey, a black laundress, searches for her family. At the McNabb house she find the daughter of the house, Jo, who suffered a head wound. When a baby is found in the wreckage is it Jo's baby brother, Tommy, or Dovey's light-skinned great-grandson, Promise? The two women-- one black, one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Summary: An angry, destructive tornado picks up an empathetic cow, and when Cow politely asks to be put down, the two enter a conversation that has some unforeseen results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: Tony and his twin sister Andie are four-wheeling in the woods near their family cabin, when they are caught in a violent thunderstorm--then the sky turns really dark, and they realize a monster tornado is on their tail, and suddenly they are not sure whether it is safer to keep running, or find some place to seek shelter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Dexter has always wanted to see a tornado. So when he gets the incredible opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous Dr. Norman Rays, he has to say yes! Dr. Rays is the host of Tornado Mysteries, the show that Dex and his older brother, Jeremy, watched every night until Jeremy joined the U.S. Navy SEALs and left Joplin.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2017
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Summary: For young Cora Moffat March 18, 1925 has been a bad day, but it gets much worse when her school is hit by the Tri-State Tornado, and she, her twin brother and her former best friend Claire, struggle to survive as the school and town are destroyed around them. Includes historical notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2024
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Summary: A young boy in the middle of one of the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since 1947.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2015
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Summary: When Police Chief Charlie Grover discovers three mutilated bodies in a tornado-ravaged farmhouse, he first believes they were impaled by flying debris, but as he digs a little deeper, he realizes the victims were murdered by someone who was trying to use the tornado to cover his tracks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2003
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Summary: Alternates between the detective work of middle-schooler Jesse and her new friend, Springer, after her father is accused of stealing, and post-tornado rescue efforts of Jesse and her Pomeranian, Sam-Sam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2019
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Summary: "In Alabama: A deadly outbreak of tornadoes sends K9 handlers, Ryder Creed and Jason Seaver with their scent dogs, Grace and Scout to search for survivors. As storms intensify and Ryder and Jason race against time to save victims, they end up racing to save themselves. In Chicago: Francine "Frankie" Russo is irritated when her young co-worker calls at 5:00 am for a video-chat and catches her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prairie Wind Publishing 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WINBlake, Ashley Herring
Summary: "Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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Summary: "In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, sixteen-year-old Cam must find his way home to save his little brother when a tornado hits"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JENSummary: Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppets put an all-new spin on the classic tale loved by millions the world over.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MUPActon, Vanessa
Summary: "What do you do when you and your family are in the middle of a road trip when a tornado hits? Then after surviving the tornado, when you must get your injured father and very scared younger brother to safety...before the next twister hits?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Darby Creek 2017
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Summary: "They say it is quietest in the eye of a storm...they lied. Bronwyn's mother is late. Again. Sitting on the edge of the sidewalk, waiting, Bronwyn figures she's flaked out again. She's always flaking out. Stomping home ready for a fight, Bronwyn is met by a cataclysmic tornado heading directly toward their run-down trailer. Bronwyn barely escapes with her life. Her mother isn't as lucky. Enter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wattpad Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAMHenderson, Dee.
Summary: Stephen O'Malley is a paramedic who has been rescuing people all his life. His friend Meghan is in trouble: Stolen jewels are turning up in interesting places, and she's in the middle of it. Stephen is about to run into a night he will never forget-a kidnapping, a tornado, and a race to rescue the woman he loves. Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2010
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Henderson, Dee.
Summary: Overwhelmed by the loss of his sister and by his work as a paramedic, Stephen O'Malley is still happy to help his friend Meghan, and when her life is endangered, they find that faith may be the only thing to get them both out alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENLong, Loren.
Summary: When a tornado threatens his farm, Otis the tractor must try to save the animals, including an unfriendly bull.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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Summary: Before the storm, thirteen-year-old Quinn was happy flying under the radar. She was average. After the storm, Quinn can't seem to go back to unremarkable. But her friends weren't changed by the tornado. To them, the storm left behind a playground of abandoned houses and distracted adults. As Quinn struggles to find stability in the tornado's aftermath, she must choose: between homes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC DUBMessenger, Shannon.
Summary: Ten years after surviving the tornado that killed his parents, Vane Weston, now seventeen, has no memory of that fateful day but dreams of a beautiful girl who, he now learns, is not only real, she is his guardian sylph, who harnesses the power of the wind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2013
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Summary: After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applesauce Press 2015
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Summary: When a tornado threatens the farm, Otis the tractor must try to save the animals, including the unfriendly bull.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LONOsborne, Mary Pope.
Summary: When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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Summary: A twister strikes Farmer Brown's farm and mixes the animals all up, so that the cows oinked, sheep clucked, hens brayed, and his hound neighed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 1999