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The master of naval thrillers returns with his most shocking “what if?” scenario yet: a terrorist hatches a bold plan to blow up a volcano-and devastate America
In the Canary Islands, in the southwest corner of the island of La Palma lies the massive crater of the volcano Cumbre Vieja. Scientists theorize that one day the volcano will explode. Nine hours after eruption a mega-tsunami with waves of more than 150 feet in height will crash...
2) ERUPTION
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A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano.
3) Ashfall
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Tanglewood
Pub. Date
2011
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, fifteen-year-old Alex must journey from Cedar Falls, Iowa, to Illinois to find his parents and sister, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished.
4) Pompeii
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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When the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples fails, Roman engineer Marius Primus heads to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius to investigate, only to come face to face with an impending catastrophe.
5) Sunrise
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Ashfall trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Nearly a year after the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, survival has become harder than ever and Alex and Darla must risk everything to try to create a community that can withstand the ongoing disaster.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"Cam glances out the window of his Hawaii hotel room just in time to see the nearby 'inactive' volcano explode! Chunks of rock and lava cascade down into the city. Cam knows he needs to find his family and get out fast, but a river of lava runs between him and his loved ones"--Provided by publisher.
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Ranger in time volume 5
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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Ranger goes to Viking age Iceland, which proves to be tough terrain for Ranger to navigate. Usually it's Ranger's job to save the day before he can return to his family, but he meets a girl named Helga who rescues him more than once. And when a nearby volcano threatens to erupt and Helga's new baby brother or sister starts to come early, they must journey through ash and smoke to find Helga's father. But if Helga doesn't need Ranger's help, how will...
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Disaster strikes (Marlane Kennedy) volume 4
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IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Noah and Emma Burton have traded the sand and surf of their Hawaiian home for a chilly stay in Alaska, and Noah isn't happy about it. His father may be a volcano expert, but why did they have to travel to the coldest, grayest place on earth when there are millions of volcanoes near Honolulu? Noah thinks he's in for the most boring vacation of his life. He couldn't have been more wrong! A day trip to a remote island turns deadly when a once-dormant...
9) Stolen magic
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Tale of Two Castles volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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Elodie, the dragon detective Meenore, and the kindly ogre Count Jonty Um are all on their way to Elodie's home island of Lahnt. Elodie has barely set foot on land before she learns that the Replica, a statue that keeps her island's deadly volcano from erupting, has been stolen! If the Replica isn't found in three days, a mountain will be destroyed. And when Elodie ends up alone with a cast of characters each of whom may be guilty, she has to use her...
10) My volcano
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Climate change, time travel, startup culture, and volcanic eruptions intertwine in this sui generis outing from Stinzi (Vanishing Monuments). Told in a series of buzzing numbered fragments, the narrative whirls around a volcano rising in Central Park that looks like Mount Fuji. As the volcano grows, Stintzi builds out the wide-ranging narrative with jump cuts to a Nigerian folklore scholar in Tokyo; Makayla Brooks, a staffer at the emotion-managing...
11) Lava witch
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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In a remote, mountainous area of a Maui forest near Haleakala volcano, the naked body of a young woman is found hanging from a tree. The devil is in the details: the woman's nostrils, mouth, and lungs are packed with lava sand. Her hands are bound in twine. Her feet are charred and blackened, suggesting a fire-walking ceremony. Detective Kali Māhoe's suspicions are immediately aroused. It has all the signs of a ritual torture and murder.But Kali's...
13) Rescate gris
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Español
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"Puerto Deseado, Patagonia Argentina, 1991. Raúl Ibáñez necesita dos trabajos para llegar a fin de mes. Cuando apaga el despertador para ir al primero de ellos, sabe que algo va mal. Su pequeño pueblo ha amanecido cubierto por la ceniza de un volcán y Graciela, su mujer, no está en casa. Todo parece indicar que Graciela se ha ido por voluntad propia... hasta que recibe la llamada de los secuestradores. Las instrucciones son claras: si quiere...
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Dragon keepers volume 4
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Emmy the dragon is maturing and growing too large--and bored--for her quarters, but when she disappears her Keepers, cousins Jesse and Daisy, follow her trail to the Fiery Realm in hopes of bringing her home.
15) Frog girl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When the frogs suddenly vanish from the lake behind her village, a young Native American girl is led to the frog village underneath the lake and learns what she must do to save both the frogs and her own people.
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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The Octopod has located a steaming volcano at the bottom of an ocean trench. It's an undersea emergency-everybody needs to get out, fast! But will there be time to save three floating blobfish before the big blast! Octonauts, let's do this!
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The Zack files volume 9
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Zack and his father go to Hawaii where Zack has an unfortunate encounter with an angry volcano goddess.