Earthshattering+Reads

Now that you've learned why and how earthquakes occur, try one of the terrific books below, in which earthquakes or other natural disasters play a prominent role. To find out whether these books are available, search our online catalog, [|Destiny]. Discover great fiction and nonfiction books about these and other topics using the [|NoveList Plus] database.
 * Earthshattering Reads: Tectonic Fiction Books About Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Other Natural Disasters **
 * =  ||= **Title** ||= **Summary** ||
 * = [[image:Quake!.jpg width="126" height="200"]] ||= //**[|Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906]**//

Written by [|Gail Karwoski]

Lexile 770 ||< Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy, who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister. ||
 * = [[image:Wildfire_Run.jpg width="129" height="200"]] ||= **//[|Wildfire Run]//**

Written by [|Dee Garretson]

Lexile 690 ||< A relaxing retreat to Camp David turns deadly after a faraway earthquake sets off a a chain of disastrous events that traps the president's twelve-year-old son, Luke, and his two friends within the compound. ||
 * = [[image:Night_of_the_Howling_Dogs.jpg width="135" height="200"]] ||= **//[|Night of the Howling Dogs] //**

Written by [|Graham Salisbury]

Lexile 530 || In 1975, eleven Boy Scouts, their leaders, and some new friends camping at Halape, Hawaii, find their survival skills put to the test when a massive earthquake strikes, followed by a tsunami. ||
 * = [[image:Quake.gif]] ||= //**[|Quake!]**//

Written by [|Joe Cottonwood]

Lexile 590 || With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain. ||
 * = [[image:House_of_Power.jpg width="131" height="200"]] ||= //**[|The House of Power]**//

Written by [|Patrick Carman]

Lexile 950 || Young Edgar finds a book that reveals secrets about Atherton, the strictly divided world on which he lives, even as geological changes threaten to shift the power structure that allows an elite few to live off the labor of others. ||
 * = [[image:Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth.jpg width="140" height="240"]] ||= **//[|Journey to the Centre of the Earth]//**

Written by [|Jules Verne]

Lexile 1040 || Three men discover the secrets of past civilizations during a fantastic expedition beneath the earth's surface. ||
 * = [[image:Escaping_the_Giant_Wave.jpg width="128" height="200"]] ||= **//[|Escaping the Giant Wave]//**

Written by [|Peg Kehret]

Lexile 750 || When an earthquake creates a tsunami while thirteen-year-old Kyle is babysitting his sister during a family vacation at a Pacific Coast resort, he tries to save himself, his sister, and a boy who has bullied him for years. ||
 * = [[image:Earthquake_in_the_Early_Morning.jpg width="135" height="200"]] ||= //**[|Earthquake in the Early Morning]**//

Written by [|Mary Pope Osborne]

Lexile 350 || The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known. ||
 * = [[image:The_Killing_Sea.jpg width="156" height="240"]] ||= **//[|The Killing Sea]//**

Written by  [|Richard Lewis]

Lexile 760 || In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra, two teenagers, American Sarah and Acehnese Ruslan, meet and continue together their arduous climb inland, where Ruslan hopes to find his father and Sarah seeks a doctor for her brother. ||
 * = [[image:Nation.jpg width="157" height="240"]] ||= //**[|Nation]**//

Written by [|Terry Pratchett]

Lexile 790 || After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives. ||
 * = [[image:Life_as_We_Knew_it.jpg width="159" height="240"]] ||= **//[|Life As We Knew It]//**

Written by [|Susan Pfeffer]

Lexile 770 || Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

(This series also includes **//The Dead & the Gone//** and //**This World We Live In**//.) ||