Twister

Written by Samone Bos

Part of the DK Adventures series

A boy joins his storm-chasing cousins, but their next tornado hunt may become dangerous.

3.7 Goodreads · 24 ratings

128 pages· 8,355 words· Est. 1 hour read· 720L

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Bookroo's summary

Jeremy visits his cousins Jack and Flash in Oklahoma and discovers that they chase storms. Joining them in Tornado Alley brings him close to hail, lightning, and funnel clouds while nonfiction features explain the weather they encounter.

From the publisher

When Jeremy visits his twin cousins Jack and Flash in Oklahoma, he gets a big surprise: they’re storm chasers! They live in a region called Tornado Alley, an area with more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world. Jack and Flash travel around Tornado Alley looking for tornadoes, and Jeremy’s coming with them on their next mission. In Twister! Jeremy and his cousins encounter giant hailstones, awesome lightning, and funnel clouds, but will they get to see a tornado face-to-face? And will they get sucked up into its trail of destruction? DK Adventures are an innovative mix of narrative and nonfiction for kids ages 8-11 featuring engaging, action-packed stories that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. With diaries, recipes, poetry, instructions, graphics, or songs, the genre spreads in each DK Adventures title enhance the story and reinforce curriculum learning, while the expansive range of entertaining nonfiction subjects will appeal to boys and girls everywhere. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

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