Blackbird girls by Blankman, Anne 

Paperback(Puffin, 2021)

BTSB #: 124492 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 560 F&P: Z+

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine, 1986 Nuclear power plants - Accidents - Fiction Disasters - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Grandmothers - Fiction Leningradskaia oblast' (Russia)

Summary: On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person.

Blackbird girls by Blankman, Anne 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2020)

BTSB #: 124580 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 4.8 MG Lexile: 560 F&P: Z+

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl', Ukraine, 1986 Nuclear power plants - Accidents - Fiction Disasters - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Grandmothers - Fiction Leningradskaia oblast' (Russia)

Summary: On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person.

Children's bible : a novel by Millet, Lydia 

Paperback(W. W. Norton, 2021)

BTSB #: 647208 Available

Dewey: FAges: 15-18   


Genres: Science Fiction

Subjects: Runaway children - Fiction Runaway teenagers - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction Disasters - Fiction Global warming - Fiction Vulgarity in popular culture - Fiction

Summary: Eve and eleven other kids are on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. Contemptuous of their parents, the kids decide to run away when an apocalyptic storm hits, but wind up being held captive by corrupt soldiers.

Crab cake : turning the tide together by Tsurumi, Andrea 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019)

BTSB #: 891270 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
AR: 2.1 LG

Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Marine animals - Fiction Ocean - Fiction Disasters - Fiction

Summary: Under the sea, a crab follows its heart and its calling, bringing everyone together in the wake of a disaster.

I survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Tarshis, Lauren 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2019)

BTSB #: P07777 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Survival skills - Fiction Disasters - Fiction Industrial accidents - Massachusetts - Boston - Fiction Molasses - Fiction Boston (Mass.) - History - Fiction

Summary: In January 1919, a killer wave of molasses struck a crowded Boston neighborhood. Discover the story of this strange disaster.

It's the end of the world and I'm in my bathing suit by Reynolds, Justin A. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 748582 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.6 MG

Genres: Humorous Fiction Adventure Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Electric power failures - Fiction Disasters - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Friendship - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: When the electricity goes out, twelve-year-old Eddie and his friends set out to investigate what is going on when they make the startling discovery that they are the only ones left in their neighborhood--and perhaps the only people left anywhere.

Junk : a spectacular tale of trash by Day, Nick 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 264364 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 640

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal - Fiction Recycling - Fiction Disasters - Fiction City and town life - Fiction

Summary: Sylvia Samantha Wright is very good at finding--she just doesn't know exactly what all her 'junk' is good for, not yet at least. But when completely ridiculous disaster strikes, she springs into action and uses her junk to create solutions to the town's troubles.

Willodeen by Applegate, Katherine 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2021)

BTSB #: 064921 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.2 MG Lexile: 610

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Environmentalists - Fiction Fantasy fiction Mythical animals - Fiction Disasters - Fiction Magic - Fiction

Summary: Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds, but her favorites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as "screechers." The villagers of Perchance call them pests, even monsters, but Willodeen believes the animals serve a vital role in the complicated web of nature. When natural disasters hit the land and the hummingbears disappear, Willodeen and her new friend, Connor, are determined to use her newly acquired magic to discover what's going on.

Willodeen by Applegate, Katherine 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 064935 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Large print books Environmentalists - Fiction Fantasy fiction Mythical animals - Fiction Disasters - Fiction Magic - Fiction

Summary: Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds, but her favorites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as "screechers." The villagers of Perchance call them pests, even monsters, but Willodeen believes the animals serve a vital role in the complicated web of nature. When natural disasters hit the land and the hummingbears disappear, Willodeen and her new friend, Connor, are determined to use her newly acquired magic. Large print hardcover format.