Extreme Weather

I Survived True Stories

by Lauren Tarshis

From eleven-year-old Bennett Satterlee and his brother, Ethan, who survived the 2011 Joplin Tornado, to an experienced skier in Alaska who was caught underneath the weight of a terrible avalanche, to fourteen-year-old Ariel Creamer, whose home was right in the path of Hurricane Sandy, this is a collection of unforgettable narrative nonfiction stories of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, suvival.

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Adventure, Survival

56 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Lauren Tarshis often wonders how she came to spend most of her waking moments thinking about disasters, as the author of the children's historical fiction series "I Survived." Each book takes readers into the heart of history's most thrilling and terrifying events, including the sinking of the Titanic, the Shark Attacks of 1916, Hurricane Katrina, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco earthquake, 9/11, and the Battle of Gettysburg. Writing these books often makes her feel very nervous, as though at any moment a volcano could erupt right outside her window. Then again, she has learned a thing or two about avoiding being eaten by a shark.
Lauren is also the author of the the award-winning Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and its sequel, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love.

For more information, go to her website: www.LaurenTarshis.com

And check out the I Survived Website: www.Scholastic.com/ISurvived

Reviews

[Lino]

The book i survived is a good book because it is talking a bout extreme weather and how to survived and the book is helpfull to use if your in that and in the book the weather happey in new york times The boy was 11 years old in that EXTREME WEATHER ...

[Erin Cunningham · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am on a mission to read all the I Survived books, and this was on my list. Very short read, but pretty interesting true stories of people who survived specific weather events. Reminded me a bit of the weather channel's old series that would do the same thing. Would recommend to a reader who likes the I Survived series.

[Haley Kilgour · Rating 3 out of 5]

So as I was reading the tornado and avalanche stories I was like, thank god I live in Florida! Then I remembered we get hurricanes.

So definitely a good way to show people do not mess with the weather gods. If you get a warning about extreme weather, freakin listen!

[Jovonpadilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you want to kiss her at school and my name is in a little I have a black Beatles your not I have no I have no you want to??

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting re- learning about newsworthy events and how they affected people.

[Kim Hampton · Rating 4 out of 5]

True stories about kids who survived natural disasters.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was great

[Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book where the kids won't be able to go to sleep at night because they are terrified...

[Blake McNamara]

good book

[Kara Moreland · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book told personal survival stories of three extreme weather cases. The first was from a boy that was riding to his birthday party when the tornado of Joplin, MO hit. It told how he thought he was going to die as the back glass in the truck shattered all over him. The next story was about two boys who were skiing in Alaska in a place that isn't normally skied. It tells how an avalanche buried one of them and the other had the tools and equipment to find and rescue his friend just minutes before he would have died. And the final story tells about a young girl that lived on a peninsula in New York City when hurricane Sandy hit. Luckily her family had left to stay with a family member a little ways away so they were safe, but their house was not. So many people lost everything. The girl set up a page for children who had lost everything and wanted something special. People would follow the page and buy things for those children.
I loved this book. I've always loved weather, so this was right up my alley. I loved hearing the first hand experiences with these disasters along with the science behind it. Such a great book!
I would use this in the classroom to teach how dangerous weather can be and you always need to take it seriously. Would be great in a weather unit.

[Whitney Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a collections of true stories of people who survived natural disasters. There is an account of Ethan and Bennett Satterlee's experience with the Joplin Tornado, John Stroud and Skip Repetto's survival of an Alaskan avalanche, and Ariel Creamer's dealings with hurricane Sandy. Along with the stories are information about the specific disasters, information about the extreme weather in general, and the aftermath of the disaster.

I thought this was a very neat book. I liked the way the stories were told, and there were a lot of information to be discovered in each section. I would use this in my class to teach about weather patterns or just to introduce nonfiction. There are lots of headers, real photos, and captions that could be used in a lesson about text features.

[Zoe Ruffing · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about three true stories of weather disasters. The first one is focused on a tornado that came through a town where the narrator (a young boy) talks about how he felt and what him and his family did. The next story was about a teenage girl and how she helped repair her town through getting donations off facebook. The last story is about how two brothers survived in a tsunami and how they felt during it.
I liked this book beacuse, you almost felt like you where there with the survivors because of the point of view of the story and the description. I also liked that afterwards each family or person actually made a good change in their community and helped others out. I also liked that in the back they put where the people are now.

[Sarah Fitzsimmons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extreme Weather is a cool little book that talks about different peoples stories from different natural disasters (tornado's, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc..). Each story touches on the importance of family, especially in hard and scary times.
I thought this book was good. It showed how powerful and dangerous storms can actually be. It gives somewhat of the science behind why storms do what they do, which I thought was interesting. The pictures they chose for this book are spectacular and really portray the storms and their wreckage well.
I would like to have several copies of this book in my classroom. This little book gives a lot of information, which I think the children will like.

[Cassie Houck · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a collection of true stories about the Joplin tornados, avalanches in Alaska, and Hurricane Sandy. It is in a narrative style and has maps of where they happened, real life accounts, and even pictures of what was actually happening.

I really liked this book because I know that kids are very curious about things like this. They hear about them but don't really understand what actually happened. I think students (especially boys) will really get excited about them.

I would use this in my classroom for my library or even to talk about tornadoes, avalanches or hurricanes, especially if I lived in an area that was prone to having them.

[Scott Whitney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a lot of copies of this book for my classroom. I will probably use these with the struggling readers at the school. They are written in easy to read text and the information is great for the older students who feel put down when the only reading material for their reading level is far below age appropriate.

[Kate Matson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. It was an easy read and very short which made it fun. There were interesting stories and I learned loads of stuff. I recommend this book to all sorts of fans of Lauren tarshis or just anybody who wants a good read.

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes even weather wants to kill you

[Natalia · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was a very fast read, it was very interesting to learn about the things people have had to struggle with weather.

[Mandie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short and interesting read. My kids love the 'I Survived' series as do I.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting to read about some real life stories, but I prefer the regular I Survived books. Still, a good book to read for a fan of the series.

[SETSS Readopoly]

Lexile level: 900

[Daniel Herrera]

Extreme Whether by Lauren Tarshis is a great to be read by all ages. It has very interesting short story about weather disasters. It is about how 11 year old Bennett and Ethan survive a horrifying tornado called the Joplin tornado. The second story is about how a skier got caught in a avalanche and was underneath it. The third is about how a girl named Sandy had her house in the way of hurricane Sandy. This why you should read this book.