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Physical Desc
409 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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New York, 1879: After an epic snow storm ravages the city of Albany, Dr. Mary Sutter, a former civil war surgeon, begins a search for two little girls, the daughters of close friends killed by the storm who have vanished without a trace. When what happened to them is revealed, the uproar that ensues tears apart families, reputations, and even the social fabric of the city, exposing dark secrets about some of the most powerful of its citizens, and...
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Language
English
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Description
"They came on boats, on trains, great unceasing waves of them-the poor, the disenfranchised, the seekers, the dreamers. Second and third generations of farmers eking out an existence on scraps of farms divided up among too many sons. Political agitators no longer welcome in their homelands. Young men fleeing conscription in a king's army. Married couples starting out. Bachelors from towns with few women. The poor in tenements with air so stifling...
4) Blizzard
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"After a massive blizzard, a boy becomes a hero when he manages to walk to the local store and bring supplies back to his neighborhood which has been snowed in for days. Based on the author's childhood experience"--
5) The blizzard
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Although a blizzard prevents his cousins from visiting for his birthday, a disappointed Billy ends up having a very special day when his teacher and classmates must stay overnight at his family's house to wait out the snowstorm.
Author
Series
Bear Grylls adventures volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Ready for some real adventure? Olly's not having fun at camp. His rucksack is trying to kill him and building a shelter gives him splinters. But that night a mysterious compass transports Olly onto a glacier, where Bear Grylls, his guide, is waiting. The only way home is to trk across frozen lakes and through deep snow drifts - and Bear can see there's a blizzard coming...Will Olly learn that trying your best can make all the difference, or will the...
Author
Series
Little House volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Mystery, Inc. gang is going skiing, but when Scooby and Shaggy sneak off to look for food, they get caught in a blizzard! Then, YIKES! Snow Monsters start chasing them. It's a scary snow-storm mystery for Scooby and the gang.
10) The long winter
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
11) The poet's dog
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A dog with unusual communication talents loses his poet owner before rescuing two children trapped in a snowstorm and leading them to the poet's cabin, where the children explore the memories that the poet has left behind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Discusses causes and effects of winter weather, which is often characterized by severe cold, snow, sleet, ice, and avalanches, and describes some famous winter disasters from history.