Themes: Hi-Lo, headlines, nonfiction, disasters, world events. Travel by airplane is far safer than travel by car. But airplane accidents still occur, and people on board rarely survive. Lean the true stories behind tragedies in Tenerife, the Andes Mountains, Washington, DC, Russia, the Persian Gulf, and New York City. This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading.