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Twister

Darleen Bailey Beard

199932 pagesabout 30–45 minutes
1999
first published
  • 1999Farrar, Straus, Giroux · ENGISBN 9780374379773
  • 1999Square Fish · 38 pages · ENG
  • 2003Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · ENGISBN 9780606280112
  • 2003Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) · 32 pages · ENGISBN 9780374480141

Two children experience a tornado. Although she sees them safely to the cellar, Mama has to leave Lucille and Natt and go help Mr. Lyle, an elderly neighbor. She tells the children not to open the door until she comes back. But Mama doesn't come back, and Lucille must comfort Natt throughout the terrifying experience of a tornado.

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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