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I survived the eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980  Cover Image Book Book

I survived the eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 / by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson.

Tarshis, Lauren, (author.). Dawson, Scott, (illustrator.).

Summary:

On May 18, 1980, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends, Eddie and Sam, are in a forest near Mount St. Helens when the months of wondering whether the volcano will erupt are finally answered--all three are badly burned, but it is up to Jessie to protect the boys as best she can and hope that somebody comes to rescue them.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780545658522
  • ISBN: 0545658527
  • ISBN: 9780545950060
  • ISBN: 0545950066
  • ISBN: 9781518218293
  • ISBN: 1518218296
  • ISBN: 9780606391160
  • ISBN: 0606391169
  • ISBN: 978054595009
  • Physical Description: 94 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:
640L Lexile
Decoding demand: 87 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 88 (very high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 2 184234.
Subject: Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Volcanoes > Washington (State) > Juvenile fiction.
Best friends > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.) > Eruption, 1980 > Juvenile fiction.
Washington (State) > Mount Saint Helens > Juvenile fiction.
Washington (State) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 80 of 93 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 4 of 5 copies available at Cass County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 93 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Archie J TAR 2016 (Text) 0002205039015 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 05/04/2024
Cass County Library-Drexel J TAR 2016 (Text) 0002204890236 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Garden City J TAR 2016 (Text) 0002205386358 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center J TAR 2016 (Text) 0002205364207 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill J TAR 2016 (Text) 0002205039023 Juvenile Fiction Reshelving -

Syndetic Solutions - Summary for ISBN Number 9780545658522
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14)
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14)
by Tarshis, Lauren
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I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14)


The mountain exploded with the power of ten million tons of dynamite...Eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe has grown up with the beautiful Mount St. Helens always in the background. She's hiked its winding trails, dived into its cold lakes, and fished for trout in its streams. Just looking at Mount St. Helens out her window made Jess feel calm, like it was watching over her somehow. Of course, she knew the mountain was a volcano...but not the active kind, not a volcano that could destroy and kill!Then Mount St. Helens explodes with unimaginable fury. Jess suddenly finds herself in the middle of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. Ash and rock are spewing everywhere. Can Jess escape in time?The newest book in the I Survived series will take readers into one of the most environmentally devastating events in recent U.S. history.

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