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2023., Pre-adolescent, Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown and Company Call No: 940.54 293 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A remarkable true WWII account of the maritime attack on the RMS Laconia off the West African coast"--Provided by the publisher.
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-- All 13 :2020., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: HI-INT 796.5 SOO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth science and details of the region's culture and religion, [the author]...masterfully shows how both the complex engineering operation above ground and the mental struggles of the thirteen young people below proved critical in the life-or-death mission."--
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[2018], Pre-adolescent, Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books Call No: 636.7 088609797 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follow along with Piper, a friendly border collie who came to the mountain as a smart but timid shelter dog, terrified by everything, as she confidently heads off to school on a chairlift to meet her canine classmates. Over a season they romp together through the snow, learning and practicing the skills they need to be avalanche rescue dogs and earn their rescue certification. You'll also learn the warning signs and conditions that cause an avalanche, the four types of avalanches, and the basics of avalanche safety.
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c1992., Juvenile, Random House Call No: 636.7 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Step into reading. A step 4 bookSummary Note: Relates the feats of Barry, the St. Bernard dog whose name, to this day, honors the best dog at the St. Bernard Monastery.
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c1992., Juvenile, Random House Call No: 636.7 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Step into reading. A step 4 bookSummary Note: Relates the feats of Barry, the St. Bernard dog whose name, to this day, honors the best dog at the St. Bernard Monastery.
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[2021]., Primary, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: B BAR Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "To the entire world, Gino Bartali was merely a champion cyclist. But Gino's greatest achievement was something he never told a soul--that he secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save hundreds of Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death, using the one thing no authority would question: his bicycle"--
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2000., Primary, Dorling Kindersley Pub. Call No: 629.225 Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Text and detailed photographs explain how various emergency vehicles work, including the fire engine, rescue hovercraft, and snow mobile and rescue sled.
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2000., Primary, Dorling Kindersley Pub. Call No: 629.04 Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Text and detailed photographs explain how various emergency vehicles work, including the fire engine, rescue hovercraft, and snow mobile and rescue sled.
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2019., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: Easy LORD Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From Newbery Honor author, Cynthia Lord, comes the heartwarming true story of the author's own journey in fostering two amazing bunnies, illustrated with photos and drawings"--
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-- Federal Emergency Management Agency's Search and Rescue units2003., Adolescent, Rosen Central Call No: 363.34 81 02373 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Careers in search and rescue operationsSummary Note: Discusses the formation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its Search and Rescue units, membership and responsibilities of the teams, and some of the disasters at which they've helped.
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c2006., Juvenile, H. Holt Call No: 636.8 SIN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Contributor biographical information More... Summary Note: A collection of true stories about cats who were heroes and saved lives.
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By Gordon, Nickc2013., Bellwether Media Call No: 363.28 6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Torque: Dangerous jobsSummary Note: "Engaging images accompany information about Coast Guard rescue swimmers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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By Makos, Adam[2022]., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: HI-INT 920 MAK Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, both Navy pilots during the Korean War in 1950, come from different backgrounds: Hudner is a white New Englander, a son of privilege; Brown is an African American son of a sharecropper from Mississippi. When the two men join forces in Fighter Squadron 32, they forge a deep friendship at a time when racial inequality was prevalent in America. An unwavering commitment binds Tom and Jesse to each other as well as to their comrades. The two fly to save a division of US Marines cornered during the battle at Chosin Reservoir, but catastrophe strikes when one of them is shot down behind enemy lines and trapped in the wreckage of his plane. The other will face an unthinkable choice: watch their friend die, or attempt one of history's most audacious one-man rescue missions. What transpires is harrowing and heartbreaking, an inspirational story for all time"--From the publisher's web site.
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c2005., Mitchell Lane Publishers Call No: 909 .09824083 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents information on the devastating tsunami that the hit southeast Asia in 2004, describing how tsunami's form, and relating the stories of many of the victims left in its destructive wake. Includes photographs and maps.
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c2005., Juvenile, Bearport Call No: 636.7 0886 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: Dog heroesSummary Note: Describes the training of and work performed by disaster search dogs, presents photos of dogs at work after such events as the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, lists breeds that often do this work, and provides a list of further resources.
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By Meyer, Karlc2008., Juvenile, Storey Pub. Call No: 636.73 MEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Captivating photos and true stories of 30 dogs who have rescued drowning sailors, saved a family from a house fire, found earthquake survivors, delivered medicine in a blizzard, and more.
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c2018., Primary, Bellwether Media Call No: 363.37 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Blastoff! readers.Summary Note: This informative title for young readers will ignite their interest in firefighters.
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Juvenile Call No: 363.37 STANIFORD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: To the rescue!Summary Note: How do the emergency services in different countries of the world rescue people? How do they travel and what equipment do they use? This book looks at the work of firefighters around the world, including how they rescue people from burning buildings as well as the different types of fires they tackle.
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2004., Juvenile, Crabtree Publishing Co. Call No: 628.9 25 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: My community and its helpers series
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-- One woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front2020., Juvenile, Philomel Books Call No: B HEGER Edition: Young readers edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Pilot Mary Jennings Hegar was shot down while on a medivac mission in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, her courageous actions saved the lives of her crew and their patients, earning her the Purple Heart. More importantly, it marked the beginning of the mission to allow women to serve openly on battle front lines.
