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Tornado
Tornado
Tornado
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Tornado

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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 is the author of many award-winning books for children, including The Summer of the Swans, a Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Book. She is also the author of Goodbye, Chicken Little; The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish; and the popular Golly Sisters trilogy.

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    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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