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Author
Series
Magic School Bus a science chapter book volume 14
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand and control the impact of Lena's claiming, which is even causing her family members' abilities to dangerously misfire.
Author
Series
Fisherman's children volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When Asher's last desperate attempt to repair the damage to the weather map governing the seasons leaves him on his deathbed, Asher's son Rafel--who has been forbidden to use his inherited powers--must risk his life to save his countrymen from famine, devastation, and a rift in the very fabric of their land.
Series
Chesapeake crimes volume 7
Publisher
Wildside Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The seventh volume in the Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Macavity award-wnning series. This volume includes stories by: Karen Kantwell, K.M. Rockwood, Leone Ciporin, Adam Meyer, Cathy Wiley, Josh Pachter, Mary Stojak, Jane Limprecht, Sarah Cotter, Eleanor Cawood Jones, Maureen Klovers, Britt Alan, Maddi Davidson, Joann Campbell Slan, Robin Templeton, Art Taylor, Stacy Woodson.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Witches, who for centuries have maintained the climate, are losing their power as the atmosphere becomes more erratic, and all hope for a better future lies with Clara Densmore, an Everwitch whose rare magic is tied to every season.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Gifted -- or cursed -- with the power to influence the weather, one woman must embrace her wild heart in the next electric romance from the author of Witch of Wild Things. Teal Flores is desperate for two things -- control over her gift of weather, and a date to her ex's wedding. The first isn't possible until she finds her long-lost mother, but the second has a very handsome last-ditch solution: Carter Velasquez. Carter needs Teal too. His chance...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers. Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The...
11) L.A. weather
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He's harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters -- Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude; Olivia,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage España
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Con ingenio y humor, María Amparo Escandón sigue a la familia Alvarado mientras esta lucha con evacuaciones inminentes, secretos, engaños y traiciones, y con la decisión más difícil que deben tomar hasta el momento: permanecer unidos o quemarlo todo. L.A. está seco como un desierto, Oscar, el patriarca de la familia Alvarado, está obsesionado con el clima y solo quiere un poco de lluvia. En realidad, alberga un secreto que lo distrae de todo...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dozing off while contemplating Grandpa's unusual vacation, Kate dreams about Chewandswallow, where it snows popcorn and rains sandwiches and the fate of falling food intrigues her.
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