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Author
Series
I survived volume 14
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
On May 18, 1980, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering whether the volcano will erupt are finally answered--all three are badly burned, but it is up to Jessie to protect the boys as best she can and hope that somebody comes to rescue them.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
In 1980, when Deputy Wilson has been banished to a backwoods district in the shadow of Mount St. Helens, the volcano awakens from its long dormancy. There are earthquakes, plumes of ash, and the threat of eruption, amidst which Deputy Wilson must seek justice for a horrific act of bloodshed.
Author
Series
I survived volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
On May 18, 1980, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering whether the volcano will erupt are finally answered, all three are badly burned, but it is up to Jessie to protect the boys as best she can and hope that somebody comes to rescue them.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Description
After a local mountain becomes a deadly and imminent threat, three strikingly different women become linked in a desperate mission. Children's author Katheryn Sommers is searching for her depressed husband, David, and their son Brian, camping together on Mount St. Helen's tumultuous north slope. Mellie Sedor seeks her husband, Daniel, who has taken a logging job to pay for their daughter's chemotherapy. Fashion photographer Jenn Stockton comes to...
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a volcano erupts, Gopher is among the few animals to survive but the tunnels that he digs once the earth stops shaking help the mountain recover by providing shade and soft soil for animals and plants to make a fresh start. Includes facts and activities.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Mountain of Fire is the narrative nonfiction story of the violent volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, the story of the people who died, those who survived, and the heroes who fought to raise an alarm. For weeks, the ground around Mount St. Helens shuddered like a dynamite keg ready to explode. There were legends of previou eruptions: violent fire, treacherous floods, and heat that had scoured the area. But the shaking and swelling...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Twelve-year-old Maribel daydreams at school, but when she defies evacuation orders to return home just as Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980, she must focus in order to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Series
Pub. Date
[2003], c1997
Description
In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and volcanic rock twelve miles into the air, and blasted one cubic mile of earth from the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range. Witness the terrifying fury of the worst volcanic disaster in American history through aerial photography and the survivors' own words and photos.
Series
NASA SP volume 458
Pub. Date
1982
Description
The atmospheric and potential climatic aspects of a volcanic eruption were discussed. Measurements and techniques used in collecting the data are summarized.
16) Mount St. Helens
Author
Pub. Date
c2005 (new 2008) Scholastic
Description
In 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupted with one of the largest explosions ever recorded in the United States. The volcano shot a huge cloud of ash and hot rock high into the air. Thanks to warnings from scientists, however, relatively few people died in the disaster.
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
Spectacular devastation footage combined with dramatic reenactments shows what it is like to live through the awesome fury of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Features stories of survival, focusing on filmmaker Michael Lineau's personal story, from his rescue out of the blast zone through his journey to understand the lessons of Mount St. Helens. Includes warnings of other active volcanoes within the area.
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