Stories about surviving natural disasters
By: Jen Green
Series: Real life heroes
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781445100739
Subjects: Disaster victims; Juvenile literature; Natural disasters; Social aspects; Disasters; Survival
Description: All over the world natural disasters such as earhtquakes, tsunamis and so on cause huge devastation and loss of life. In this book 15 survivors speak of the disasters they were in and how they were affected and coped.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
Table of contents: title: Maia's story : Armero, 1985; title: Luke's story : Lake Nyos, 1986; title: Anotonio's story : Pinatubo, 1991; title: Tomi and Yoko's story : Kobe, 1995; title: George's story : Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004; title: Kusum's story : Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004; title: Hua's story : Chinese earthquake, 2008; title: Peter's story : North Sea flood, 1953; title: Jerry's story : Mississippi flood, 1993; title: Manuela's story : Jarrell tornado, 1997; title: Steve's story : Rocky Mountains avalance, 1998; title: Joe's story : Hurricane Katrina, 2005; title: Hasana's story : Cyclone Sidr, 2007; title: Omar's story : drought in Ethiopia, 2008; title: Hannah's story : Australian bushfires, 2009.