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It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the Good...

Presents informative text and color diagrams illustrating how earthquakes happen. Discusses the effects of earthquakes, and common locations for earthquakes around the world. Includes safety tips and a glossary.

Provides information about earthquakes, why they happen, and what to do to be safe during a quake. Includes color photos, a glossary, and an index.

An introduction to earthquakes. Describes why they occur, how they are measured, and how people can stay safe during earthquakes.

Details the impact of earthquakes on the environment and discusses why earthquakes occur. Examines what people can do about the problems caused by earthquakes and includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Examines what an earthquake is, how they happen, how to stay safe during one, and how they affect the world.

Readers are introduced to the world of volcanoes and earthquakes in this explosive text, which supports current science curriculum topics. Exciting main text explains why the earth shifts beneath our feet and how this has contributed to altering Earth s geography. Detailed fact boxes, simple diagrams, and eye-catching, full-color photographs provide additional information alongside the text. Young learners will become experts on volcanoes and earthquakes...

Simple text and full-color photographs detail the causes of earthquakes and examine how they impact the regions in which they occur.

"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly...

"Earthquakes happen when big plates of earth slide past one another. Powerful earthquakes can cause serious damage! Learn where earthquakes are common and how to stay safe, and hear from someone who survived an earthquake"-- Provided by publisher.