BLIZZARD OF BOOKS

Chill out with some cool books.

Batcheller, Lori J.
Alpine Achievement
RC 55239
A chronicle of the United States Disabled Ski Team. World-class athletes use a wide range of adaptive equipment to compensate for various disabilities.

Dokey, Cameron
Washington Avalanche, 1910
RC 51825
Seventeen year-old Ginny, fleeing her conniving guardian, and Virginia, about to meet the man her family arranged for her to marry, meet on a Seattle-bound train. The two young women hatch a plan to trade identities so Ginny can assess Virginia’s fiancé…but an avalanche intervenes.

Ehrlich, Gretel
A Blizzard Year
RC 50296
Timmy’s almanac of the year she turns thirteen; when a terrible blizzard hits their Wyoming ranch.  The aftermath of the blizzard leaves her family struggling to save their home, and Timmy desperately sends out an e-mail for help

Kehret, Peg
The Blizzard Disaster
RC 47066
Minnesota, 1940: Janis and her family must fight for their lives in a huge blizzard. In the future: two teens, doing a school research project, teleport themselves back to the big blizzard day on the Huff farm.

Kjelgaard, James Arthur
Snow Dog
RC 42731
Chiri, a husky puppy, watched a wolf kill his mother and brothers. He learned to survive his natural enemies in the wilderness, but now he is faced with a new enemy — humans. Can he trust them, or will it cost him his freedom? Some violence.

London, Jack
Call Of the Wild
BR 12582 / RC 49486
Buck, a St. Bernard-wolf mix, is stolen and brutally trained as a sled dog in the Alaskan gold fields. Buck learns to survive by ruthlessly fighting both men and dogs, until he is rescued by John Thornton, a master he grows to love and respect.
*Large print edition available at all New York Public Library branches

London, Jack
White Fang
RC 51689
Companion to Call of the Wild. Buck redeems his brute reputation by defending his master’s family against an escaped convict.
*Large print edition  available  at all New York Public Library branches

Murphy, Jim
Bllizzard: the Storm That Changed America
RC 52323
In March, 1888, a massive snowstorm hit the east coast, killing hundreds, and causing great hardship. This disaster prompted many improvements, including the establishment of the U.S. Weather Bureau.

Paulsen, Gary
Brian’s  Winter
BR 12117 / RC 42558
In The Hatchet (BR 11525 / RC 30535), Brian was rescued from a plane crash in the Canadian  wilderness in his thirteenth  summer. What if his distress call had not been heard, and he had been left to survive the harsh winter alone? This scenario pits young Brian against the cold, lonely, harshness of winter.
*Large Print edition is available in all New York Public Library branches