One Day in the Prairie
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Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 1986 · Est. 46 min read

One Day in the Prairie

By Jean Craighead George, Bob Marstall (Illustrator)

Part of the Trophy Chapter Book series

A photographer's quest is interrupted by a looming tornado threatening destruction.

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64 pages· 4,052 words· Est. 46 min read
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Henry Rush is on a mission to capture a prairie dog's acrobatics at the Prairie Wildlife Refuge. Unbeknownst to him, ominous signs of a brewing storm gather. As a tornado forms, its impending path of destruction threatens everything around him. Will Henry's focus on his goal blind him to the danger, or will he escape the storm's wrath in time? The clock is ticking as nature's fury approaches.

From the publisher

Henry Rush is spending the day at the Prairie Wildlife Refuge, determined to photograph a prairie dog doing a back flip. But while he watches and waits at the edge of prairie dog town, he fails to notice the electricity humming through the air. Or the buffalo anxiously pawing the ground. Or the purple-blue cloud building over the prairie grass. A tornado is forming to the west. And when the dark funnel touches down, it will wipe out everything in its path…

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
64
Words
4,052
Reading age
6–10
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
860L
Themes & topics
Books about cultureBooks about tornadoBooks about prairies
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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5
F&P level
~T
AR points
1
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
14689
Publication
Published
April 12, 1996
First published
January 1, 1986
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780064420396

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