The next book in the New York Times bestselling I Survived series will place readers right in the middle of the deadly Joplin Tornado of 2011. The 2011 Joplin tornado was a catastrophic tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri in 2011. It was part of a larger tornado outbreak in the spring of that year and reached a maximum width of nearly 1 mile during its path through the southern part of the city, killing 158 people, injuring over 1,000 and caused damages amounting to a total of $2.8 billion, making it the costliest single tornado in U.S. history. Lauren will bring her signature intensity to this distinctly American natural disaster, placing a young boy in the middle of one of the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since 1947.
Frostmourne.It was caught in a hovering, jagged chunk of ice,the runes that ran the length of its blade glowing a cool blue.Below it was a dais of some sort, standing on a large gently raisedmound that was covered in a dusting of snow. A soft light, comingfrom somewhere high above where the cavern was open to daylight,shone down on the runeblade. The icy prison hid some details of thesword's shape and form, exaggerated others. It was revealed andconcealed at the same time, and all the more tempting, like a newlover imperfectly glimpsed through a gauzy curtain. Arthas knew theblade -- it was the selfsame sword he had seen in his dream when hefirst arrived. The sword that had not killed Invincible, but thathad brought him back healed and healthy. He'd thought it a goodomen then, but now he knew it was a true sign. This was what he hadcome to find. This sword would change everything. Arthas staredraptly at it, his hands almost physically aching to grasp it, hisfingers to wrap themselves around the hilt, h