Tornado Alert!

From the Series Disaster Alert!
  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 7

This informative book has been newly revised in light of the devastating tornadoes that have swept across the United States over the last few years. 2008 was particularly fierce with clusters of tornadoes forming every month in the first half of the year. Tornadoes cause devastation wherever they touch down. Tornado Alert! is a breathtaking journey into the center of these unpredictable and violent twisters. Some of the features included are:
• how supercell thunderstorms form and how they spawn tornadoes
• where tornadoes most often occur, including Tornado Alley in the United States
• how to stay safe during a tornado, no matter where you are

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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 7
Age Range 11 - 13
Dewey 363.34
Lexile NC1120L
ATOS Reading Level 7.2
Guided Reading Level Q
Subjects Weather
Genres Nonfiction
Publisher Crabtree Publishing
Imprint Crabtree Classics
Copyright 2011
Number of Pages 32
Dimensions 8.5 x 11
Graphics Full-color photographs
BISACS JNF037080, JNF051160, JNF024080
Rights Included WORLD
Language English

Tornado Alert! (revised, ed. 2) - Children's Literature

Sea monsters. Gustonadoes. Cumolonimbus. These are just a few of the terms young readers will learn about in this fact-filled page turner about tornadoes. Scavuzzo takes readers on a whirlwind adventure through the process of tornado formation and the devastation they can cause. Twists, spouts and legends fill the pages as the history of tornadoes is spelled out in tongue-twisting terms. Readers will learn how to be safe, what to keep handy in the event a tornado is spotted and the different categories by which tornadoes are rated (i.e., F1, F4, F5, through the Fujita Scale).

Author: Wendy Scavuzzo

Full-color photographs