forest fires

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forest fires

Wildfire run

2011
A relaxing retreat to Camp David turns deadly after a faraway earthquake sets off a chain of disastrous events that traps the president's twelve-year-old son, Luke, and his two friends within the compound.

Forest furnace

wildfires
2006
Describes wildfires and the damage they cause. Explains what conditions can create a wildire, how to prevent wildfires, and how to survive one.

Under a flaming sky

the great Hinckley firestorm of 1894
2006
Recounts the events surrounding the September 1, 1894 forest fires that surrounded the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, trapping more than two thousand people.

Yellowstone's cycle of fire

1993
Describes the dramatic forest fires in Yellowstone National Park during the summer of 1988 and the subsequent renewal of the land.

Firewatch

1996
Jude must deal with a surly boy from the city who moves to their horse ranch during the height of the forest fire season.

Out of control

the science of wildfires
2009
Introduces the science behind wildfires and includes related news stories that tell how wildfires are fought and describe their aftereffects.

Fire horse

2002
Meg, Alison, and Becky, alone at Mustang Mountain Ranch after Becky's mother is hospitalized, put themselves in serious danger when they attempt to rescue two missing horses in the midst of a forest fire.

Fire on the wind

1997
The summer before her fourteenth birthday, a fierce forest fire rages throughout northwestern Oregon and threatens the logging camp where Storie and her family live.

February Dragon

1966
The lives of three Australian children are cruelly affected when a bushfire known as the February Dragon sweeps across the countryside.

Fire in the forest

a cycle of growth and renewal
1995
Depicts, in text and illustrations, the stages of fire and regrowth in a Western lodgepole pine forest over a period of three hundred years. Also discusses the fire cycle and the role of fire in forest ecology.

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