The Science of a Hurricane

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Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Consultants Jennifer Rivers Cole Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Harvard University Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Editorial direction Red Line Editorial Book design and illustration Design Lab Photo Credits Shutterstock Images cover 1 David J Phillip AP Images 5 25 NASA 7 12 18 NASA Corbis 9 John Plumber DK Images 11 Corbis 15 Charles Sykes AP Images 21 US Army 26 Sayre Berman Corbis 28 Copyright 2015 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reina Mary author The science of a hurricane by Mary Reina pages cm Disaster science Audience 11 Audience Grade 4 to 6 Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-63137-624-5 hardcover ISBN 978-1-63137-669-6 pbk ISBN 978-1-63137-714-3 pdf ebook ISBN 978-1-63137-759-4 hosted ebook 1 Hurricanes Juvenile literature I Title QC944 2 R45 2015 551 55’2 dc23 2014004030 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills Please visit www p21 org for more information Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics Inc July 2014 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mary Reina is an experienced science and nature writer specializing in books and articles for elementary school readers Her work includes two books and more than 50 articles covering various aspects of science history nature the environment and astronomy