A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by a twelve-year-old, his family, and friends.

Although Wyatt is not happy that he has to entertain his visiting cousin, he soon has much bigger problems to worry about when two tornadoes strike the area.

Rising seventh-grader Maddie is consumed by her long-term crush on classmate Avery until a tornado destroys her home and her family must move in with his.

After a tornado rearranges their Kansas house, Aunt Minnie and the nine nieces and nephews living with her add on a much-needed new room.

An angry, destructive tornado picks up an empathetic cow, and when Cow politely asks to be put down, the two enter a conversation that has some unforeseen results.

As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.

Tony and his twin sister Andie are four-wheeling in the woods near their family cabin, when they are caught in a violent thunderstorm--then the sky turns really dark, and they realize a monster tornado is on their tail, and suddenly they are not sure whether it is safer to keep running, or find some place to seek shelter.

After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.