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1) Forest fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Waterbird Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A fierce fire is rapidly spreading through a rural area in North America. Follow a young journalist as she joins a team of firefighters that is working to control and prevent devastating fires. Will the team survive the blazes that are sweeping through the area?
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English
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"Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of...
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Language
English
Description
"Summary "A compelling story of love, loss, and redemption in the face of unimaginable tragedy . . . As with The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Lefteri transports the reader to a once lush and now destroyed world."--Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale "Christy Lefteri writes with great delicacy and urgency, making us see the world through fresh eyes."--Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist...
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English
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Description
Josie and her husband have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fianc�ee's family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation;...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires-and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"--
9) Wildfires
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Presents wildfires as neither good nor bad but as part of the endless cycle of change in forests and grasslands.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Climate change is making wildfires worse, and it's important to know how to stay safe. Read about what causes a fire, what makes it grow, and what happens when fire makes people leave their homes/" -- Provided by publisher.
11) Wildfire
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Every summer, wildfires spread through the forests of the western United States, threatening homes and entire communities in their paths. Hundreds of firefighters work tirelessly to control this extremely powerful and unpredictable force of nature. But despite the seemingly devastating effects of wildfires, they also play an essential role in forest ecosystems.
Author
Publisher
Bucking Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Focusing on the work of University of Montana professor Richard Hutto, this book tells the story of how dozens of species of birds use the burn areas of wildfires. At least 15 bird species prefer burned forests to all other habitats.
13) Wildfire!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal the struggles of forest animals to survive when fire breaks out on Spruce Mountain, and the actions of the firefighters who work through the night to stop the blaze.
Author
Publisher
Margaret Quinlin Books, an imprint of Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Safe in his burrow deep below the ground as Australian bushfires rage above, Wombat opens his home to five animals friends seeking shelter, in this heartwarming story about help in the time of trouble." -- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Kira teams up with Evie, a student at the animal sanctuary to track down the paradise parrot -- a bird thought to be extinct -- and prove that it still exists. While they're trying to observe the elusive bird, bushfires threaten to wipe out the sanctuary and the parrot's habitat. There's no choice but to evacuate all the animals, which is a huge task even without trying to track down a missing baby wallaby. As the bushfires rage out of control, Kira...
16) A fire story
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 6,200 homes and 8,900 structures and were destroyed. Author Brian Fies's firsthand account of this tragic event is an honest, unflinching depiction of his personal experiences, including losing his house and every possession he and his wife had that didn't fit into the back of their car. In the days that followed, as the...
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