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Series
Dog's day volume 2
Language
English
Description
After avalanche rescue dog Ava, a chocolate Labrador retriever, finally gets to help her handler, Nate, with a real rescue, she realizes that her job at the ski resort includes other important tasks, too.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...
5) Barry
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.
6) Avalanche!
Author
Series
Survivor diaries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old twins Ashley and Ryan are tested to the extreme when faced with a powerful avalanche while skiing in Wyoming's Grand Teton mountains. Includes survival tips from the National Avalanche Center and U.S. Forest Service.
Author
Series
Dino riders volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Josh, Abi, and Sam are working the annual iguanodon drive when an avalanche traps them with their arch-nemesis, Amos, and the only way out is through the infamous Roaring Jaws Valley.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Claude and his best friend, Sir Bobblysock, go to the Snowy Mountains where they throw snowballs, learn to ski, and more until Claude's loud voice starts an avalanche, trapping Sir Bobblysock and the only Mountain Rescue person under a huge pile of snow.
10) Avalanche
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A rhyming alphabet book in which a boy tosses a snowball to his dog and starts an avalanche that engulfs the entire universe until it has to reverse itself and become a snowball again, ending up in the dog's mouth.
12) Blizzard
Author
Series
Magic School Bus. To the rescue volume 2
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Miss Frizzle's class travels to the Rocky Mountains to learn about blizzards and avalanches and how the ski patrol works to help people who are stranded.
13) Buried alive
Author
Series
Mysteries in our national parks volume 12
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
While their parents study why wolverines are disappearing from Alaska's Denali National Park, Jack and Ashley are stranded in a remote area with their mysterious new foster brother when a hit man's bullet triggers an avalanche.
Author
Series
Junior monster scouts volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition, First Aladdin paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"It's winter in the Village and a fresh blanket of snow means sledding, caroling, yummy hot cocoa, and fun for everyone. Everyone, that is, but a lonely Yeti named Igloo and cranky Baron Von Grump whose cabin is about to be whisked away by a scary avalanche! Can the Junior Monster Scouts--Franky, Wolfy, and Vampyra--save the day and make a new (and not-so-abominable) friend?"--
17) Avalanche
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"After an avalanche hits, a group of skiers in the Rocky Mountains must survive Mother Nature and a life-threatening injury to one of their members in order to make it out of the mountains and find help"--
Matt was looking for a fun adventure that he'd never forget; back-country skiing in the Rocky Mountains sounds perfect. But after an avalanche hits, leaving one skier dead and another severely injured, the group must find a way to survive Mother...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Terence and David are competitive snowboarders. David is more laid back, he wants to have fun! But Terence won't be happy until he wins the gold. They head to an abandoned ski resort for some secret practice. Terence refuses to quit until he nails his trick, and the motion causes an avalanche. Can they survive?"--Publisher.
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