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by: Dougal Dixon, Neil Morris
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 634.9618
EAN: 9781577688495
ISBN: 157768849X
Label: School Specialty Publishing
Manufacturer: School Specialty Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: February 27, 2004
Publisher: School Specialty Publishing
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 2859646
Studio: School Specialty Publishing
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Product Description:
A fierce fire is rapidly spreading through a rural area in North America. Follow a young journalist as she joins a team of firefighters that is working to control and prevent devastating fires. Will the team survive the blazes that are sweeping through the area?
The exciting and innovative Expedition Earth series leads readers on up-close and personal adventures to natural disasters. Young readers experience the action first-hand through diary entries. Real-life case studies and scientific information are presented through captions, reports, maps, and fact boxes. The unique journal format brings together fact and fiction to create an explosive story that readers won't soon forget.
Following a young journalist on search and rescue missions around the world, the reader will investigate the natural processes behind major phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes, and see first hand the devastating consequences for people living in the disaster areas. At every stage of the expedition the reader sees what the experts are seeing and learns what they are learning, using scientific methods. A fictional story unwraps through diary entries, while real-life case studies and scientific information are presented through captions, reports, maps, and fact boxes. An index and glossary are included. This series supplements school curriculum in science and social studies.
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