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Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg Gail Carson Levine,David Christiana Prilla, the unusual new fairy in Neverland, finds her mettle, Mother Dove's wisdom, and Tinker Bell's courage tested by many trials, including a hurricane, a selfish fairy, and Captain Hook. OL14388W
Night of the hurricane's fury Night of the hurricane's fury Candice F. Ransom In 1900, while visiting his aunt in Galveston, Texas, ten-year-old Robert Pettibone is washed into swirling floodwaters when a hurricane takes the town by surprise. OL15049004W
Storm Runners Storm Runners Roland Smith Chase Masters is a thirteen year - old boy who moves around the states with his father tracking weather. He is never at one school for long before he and his father go to another town and help people… OL15678404W
Ninth Ward Ninth Ward Jewell Parker Rhodes "En Louisiane, tout le monde croit aux esprits. Lanesha, elle, a le don de les voir. "Tu es comme moi, ma chérie, tu as un don de double vue ", lui a expliqué Mama Ya-Ya, la sage-femme qui l'a recuei… OL15731988W
Hooper finds a family Hooper finds a family Jane Paley Jimmy, a yellow Labrador puppy, is separated from his Lake Charles, Louisiana, family and survives the horrors of Hurricane Katrina on his own before being rescued and taken to New York City, where h… OL15920497W
The surge The surge Roland Smith After barely surviving a terrifying hurricane, Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have made it to the safety of Nicole's family farm, which is also the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus,… OL15991353W
Calvin Coconut Calvin Coconut Graham Salisbury When a hurricane causes the river near his Hawaiian home to flood, a boy named Calvin Coconut makes a daring rescue. OL16575780W
Hurricane music Hurricane music Barbara Bottner Aunt Margaret's discovery of an old clarinet in the basement sets off a musical lifestyle for her and her family that includes jamming with hurricanes. OL18163984W
The big bad blackout The big bad blackout Megan McDonald As Hurricane Elmer hits, Judy, Stink, and the entire Moody clan hunker down and ride out the storm, but when the power goes out, Grandma Lou proposes some activities to pass the time in the dark. OL18182131W
Eye of the hurricane Eye of the hurricane Lee Roddy A petty quarrel and efforts to foil poachers who are after some rare birds seem unimportant as members of the Ladd family separately struggle to survive when a powerful hurricane hits the island of K… OL18361W
Hurricane Child Hurricane Child Kacen Callender Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She's hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands… OL19791805W
Savage Savage Tom Sniegoski The future is looking bright for Sidney Moore as she as she gets ready to leave the small island of Benediction behind for one of Boston s top veterinary schools. Only a few small bumps in the road t… OL20031493W
Storm Blown Storm Blown Nick Courage A little rain and wind don't worry Alejo--they're just part of life at the beach. As his padrino says, as long as there are birds in the waves, it's safe. When people start evacuating, though, Alejo … OL20109378W
Hurricane horror Hurricane horror Jack Dillon A hurricane is heading towards Jason Mitchell's home and it is threatening to destroy everything. Most people are leaving town, but not his family. Jason's stubborn father is determined to ride out t… OL24270826W
Hurricane Wolf Hurricane Wolf Diane Paterson Noah learns about hurricanes as he helps his parents prepare their home and while they sit out the storm. OL4283979W
The holly joliday The holly joliday Megan McDonald Stink wants snow for the holidays but it hasn't snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years. Will the new mailman, Mr. Jack Frost, be able to make his wish come true? OL443595W
Hurricane Song Hurricane Song Paul Volponi High school sophomore Miles Shaw goes to live with his father, a jazz musician, in New Orleans, and together they survive the horrors of Hurricane Katrina in the Superdome, learning about each other … OL5719896W
Kissimmee Pete and the hurricane Kissimmee Pete and the hurricane Jan Day In the late 1800s, Kissimmee Pete, cracker cow hunter, stands up to a hurricane that threatens his herd of cattle and the people, buildings, animals, and plants of Punta Rassa, Florida. Includes fact… OL5821249W
Galveston's summer of the storm Galveston's summer of the storm Julie Lake A fourteen-year-old girl from Austin spends the summer of 1900 at her grandmother's home in Galveston and is caught in the Great Hurricane of September 8, 1900. OL5968725W
Dark Water Rising Dark Water Rising Marian Hale This is a fascinating and very descriptive account of the tragic 1900 storm that took so many lives in Galveston, Texas. Though the book is fiction, it gives what is likely a very realistic account o… OL6035802W
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