namsmommy09 's review for:

I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011: Book 12 of the I Survived Series by Lauren Tarshis

4.0

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This is a great series for younger kids to read about natural disasters and the resiliency that so many people have. In this one, a young boy is storm chasing with one of his heroes when things get too dangerous, so they head home, into the path of the tornado that wiped out the city of Joplin. There are vivid descriptions of the inside of the tornado and also descriptions of an injured man. There aren't any descriptions of death, but you feel the heaviness of knowing that this storm killed so many and displaced so many more.