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    Tornado
    Tornado
    Tornado
    Ebook44 pages25 minutes

    Tornado

    By Betsy Byars and Doron Ben-Ami

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    From Newbery Medal-winning author Betsy Byars comes a sweet, entertaining story that will touch the heart of dog lovers at any age.

    A tornado appears in the distance, and the family quickly gathers into the storm cellar. The storm rages outside, but Pete, the farmhand, knows this is the perfect time to tell his stories about a dog named Tornado.

    Blown into their lives by a twister when Pete was a boy, Tornado was no ordinary dog—he played card tricks, saved a turtle’s life, and had a rivalry with the family cat.

    Forgetting their fear, the family hangs on every word of Pete’s stories—both happy and sad—of this remarkable dog.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 8, 2016
    ISBN9780062265388
    Tornado
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    Betsy Byars

    Betsy Byars (1928-2020) is the author of many award-winning and popular books for children, including The Seven Treasure Haunts, Tornado and the Boo's Dinosaur series. Ms. Byars was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1971 for The Summer of the Swans, and the National Book Award in 1981 for The Night Swimmers. She collaborated with her daughters Laurie Myers and Betsy Duffey on a number of books, including My Dog, My Hero and The SOS File. She lived in South Carolina.

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      Book preview

      Tornado - Betsy Byars

      Dedication

      For the Giltners—

      especially Zsa and Joe and Nine-Thirty

      Contents

      Dedication

      1. The Storm

      2. In the Doghouse

      3. A Card Trick

      4. Carey’s Turtle

      5. Five-Thirty

      6. Buddy

      7. The End of the Storm

      Back Ad

      About the Author and Illustrator

      Books by Betsy Byars

      Credits

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      CHAPTER 1

      The Storm

      "Twister! Pete yelled. Twister!"

      I ran for the house.

      Twister!

      He pointed.

      I looked over my shoulder. I could see it—a long, black funnel cloud in the west. It pointed from the dark sky right down to our farm.

      Pete opened the doors to the storm cellar and beckoned with his straw hat.

      Twister! he shouted again.

      My two brothers ran from the barn. Pete helped my grandmother down the steps.

      Hurry up, boys, she called. Then she said to my mother, Come on, Beth.

      My mother was standing outside the door. She was worried about my daddy.

      Link! Link! she called. My daddy had been named for a president. Lincoln!

      He’s in the cornfield, Pete said. He can’t hear you, ma’am.

      Still my mother hesitated. The cornfield seemed to be directly under the funnel.

      He’ll be all right. He can get in a ditch. You come on now.

      She ducked into the cellar, and Pete pulled the doors shut behind her.

      The storm cellar was dim and cool.

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