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1) Lightning
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text explore the natural phenomenon of lightning.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Chen's parents are incinerated before his eyes by a blast of ball lightning, he devotes his life to cracking the secret of this mysterious natural phenomenon. His search takes him to stormy mountaintops, an experimental military weapons lab, and an old Soviet science station. The more he learns, the more he comes to realize that ball lightning is just the tip of an entirely new frontier. While Chen's quest for answers gives purpose to his lonely...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
What starts out as an idyllic summer holiday on the Irish coast soon becomes a living nightmare with unpredictable consequences for a world-renowned composer and his family in this chilling psychological thriller. Recently divorced and in the middle of a creative crisis, Peter Harper decides to take shelter on Ireland's scenic and isolated Tremore Beach. But after he is struck by lightning one stormy night, he begins experiencing terrible headaches...
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ten-year-old Zeus is mystified (and super-annoyed) by the fact that he keeps getting hit by lightning. Every. Single. Year. Still, it s by far the most interesting thing that happens to him. He s never been far from the cave where he grew up and is beginning to think he ll never have a real adventure. But Zeus gets his wish and a lot more than he bargained for when he is kidnapped by dangerous, giant Titans! In a scramble for a weapon to defend himself,...
5) Lucky strike
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Nathaniel Harlow lives with his grandfather in a trailer park in Franklin County, Florida, and he has always been unlucky--but when he is struck by lightning on his eleventh birthday and survives, it seems like his luck starts to change.
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The merciless Cronus and his Titan buddies are in hot pursuit of Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon, who plan to travel across the treacherous boiling sea in order to save a fellow Olympian. They have a boat, but they also have a problem: Poseidon can't swim and is terrified of the water (well, really of the creatures that lurk in its depths). The group faces danger after danger as they battle singing sirens, a fishy and ferocious Titan named Oceanus, and...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Nine years after giving up his superhero alter-ego, Jefferson Pierce is just your average, everyday high school principal. But the electricity-controlling crimefighter must reluctantly come out of retirement to protect his community from a dangerous gang known as the 100.
11) My own lightning
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Several months after the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, Annabelle McBride is struck by lightning during a powerful summer storm, leaving her with heightened senses that give her a new understanding of animals and help her learn about compassion and forgiveness.
12) Summer rain
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
From #1 NYT Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the third and final book in the Lightning Strikes Romantic Suspense Trilogy. Action, suspense, romance and family secrets lead to an explosive conclusion! Danielle Monroe is determined to use her new job in DC as a stepping-stone to a high-powered political career. But the secrets surrounding her father's death continue to overshadow her goals. Her family thinks she holds the final piece of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"As principal of a high school in a neighborhood overrun by gang violence, Jefferson Pierce is a pillar of his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the power to harness electricity, he kept Freeland safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. After seeing the damage this inflicted upon his family, Pierce retired his Super Hero persona in order to be there for his daughters, Anissa and Jennifer, though his...
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The greatest team of superheroes Gotham city has ever seen&is gone. For good. Batman, Batwoman, Red Robin Orphan, Azrael, Batwing and all their allies fought to save their city from destruction by a monster they themselves helped create. Now these Dark Knights are disbanding to deal with the fallout. But for young heroes like Cassandra Cain and Duke Thomas, the battle may be over, but the war is just beginning. Theyre not giving up the fight without...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Jefferson Pierce, respected educator and father of two, is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. And he doesn't fight alone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa, aka Thunder, and Jennifer, aka Lightning, as well as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn. Together, the Pierce family combats the ills eroding their city, including a menacing gang that calls itself The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The demons head strikes! Black Lightning. Katana. The Signal. Orphan. And the Batman. Apart, they are among the DC Universes most cunning heroes. Assembled into a team by the Dark Knight himself, they are the Outsiders-an all-new, all-different army for the war on crime. But theyve already attracted the attention of one of the worlds most brilliant and dangerous supervillains. Ras al Ghul has returned, and hes targeting the Outsiders one by one. And...
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