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Language
English
Formats
Description
"#1 New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron once again captures the bravery and determination of a very good dog in the gripping sequel to A Dog's Way Home, the acclaimed novel that inspired the hit movie! Bella was once a lost dog, but now she lives happily with her people, Lucas and Olivia, only occasionally recalling the hardships in her past. Then a weekend camping trip turns into a harrowing struggle for survival when the Rocky Mountains...
2) Wildfires
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
3rd edition.
Physical Desc
56 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"A discussion of wildfires, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant wildfires, bushfires, and forest fires from history"--
Author
Series
I survived volume 20
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the story of a boy who moves across the country to rural northern California, where his efforts to adjust are challenged by a fast-moving firestorm that places family homes and lives at risk.
Author
Publisher
Random House Pictureback
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When world-famous racer Dusty Crophopper finds out that his engine is too damaged to race, he joins forces with an elite crew of firefighters to help protect Piston Peak National Park from a massive wildfire.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
As policewoman and single mother Ryan Eames and newcomer Ethan Lange work on an animal rescue operation together, they are drawn into something deeper and surprising by her extraordinarily gifted son that makes Christmas in Miramar Bay a season of love, healing, and second chances.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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 smaller, 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...
8) Smoke screen
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. A tsunami of fire is exactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend. As the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles' history scorch the hills of Malibu, relentless arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of...
10) Wildfire!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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.
11) Paradise Peak
Author
Series
New Americana volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A desire for absolution brought ex-con Travis Alden to Paradise Peak, Tennessee. But when he finds honest work, along with a keen sense of belonging, he shelves his plan to unburden his guilty secret, instead working to rehabilitate a ranch alongside the very people his transgressions hurt the most. With the chance to create a haven for wildfire refugees, Travis seizes the opportunity to do good, to earn the respect his new boss shows him. Only Travis...
12) Wildfires
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses wildfires, including how they happen, why they are important, and when they are dangerous.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frightening images of raging wildfires top the daily news. On the ground, smoke fills the air as people prepare to flee their homes ahead of encroaching flames. Who helps to get this crisis under control? And what do these heroes do? They hold the line.
They Hold the Line delivers a dramatic inside look at the work of the highly trained first responders who risk their lives to fight wildfires. From hotshot handcrews to those who support them, wildland...
15) Smoke screen
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
"One father was murdered, and another convicted of his death. All because their children fell in love. Nate Beckett has spent his life fighting wildfires instead of the lies and rumors that drove him from his Colorado home town. His mother begs him to come to Carlisle now that his father has been released from prison, but it isn't until he's sidelined by an injury that he's forced to return and face his past. But that means facing Brenna too. Fourteen...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"As the sun sank over the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, one warm October night in 1871, a smoky haze hung in the dry air. There had been little rain, and small fires had been rolling through town continuously since the summer. For weeks the people had tried to protect their homes and businesses from fire. But they could not protect themselves from what would culminate in the deadliest fire in American history. As industrialization surged across the...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rory Ramos is a dutiful teenager with a love of photography who works as a ranch hand at the stable her stepfather manages in Topanga Canyon, a dry, dusty place reliant on horses and hierarchies. There she rides for the rich clientele, including twins June and Wade Fisk. June begins to take an interest in Rory-but she is more drawn to Vivian Price, the beautiful teenager with the movie-star father, who lives down the hill and, Rory can't help noticing,...
18) Malibu burning
Author
Series
Sharpe and Walker volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. A tsunami of fire is exactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend. As the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles' history scorch the hills of Malibu, relentless arson investigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
298 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Archie's life--and the whole world--is turned upside down by COVID-19.
Suddenly there are no more Friday-night dinners out, no more leaving for school, no more hanging out with friends... no leaving the house at all.
Even though he's inside with his family all day every day, Archie feels more alone than ever. While everyone else seems to be adapting to their new normal just fine, it's like Archie is permanently on mute, unable to find the words...