2026 Reading Challenge

Code Red Series

12 primary works • 12 total works
Primary sources and riveting stories vividly bring to life some of the worst disasters in U.S. history in Code Red. Written in a narrative format, students will learn the causes of each disaster and how America—and in some cases the world—changed in each tragedy's aftermath. A “Profiles” section further emphasizes the disasters’ human drama.

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The 2001 World Trade Center Attack
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4.00 · 13 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
In a fiery flash, a low-flying plane crashes into …

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    The Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion
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    3.67     · 9 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2007 · 5 editions
    On the cold morning of January 28, 1986, onlookers…

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    Earthquake in Haiti
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    3.71     · 7 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2010 · 2 editions

    It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon when a…

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    Emergency at Three Mile Island
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    4.00     · 5 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    Early March 28, 1979, Craig Faust and Ed Frederick…

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    The Exxon Valdez's Deadly Oil Spill
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · published 2007 · 4 editions
    In narrative detail,The Exxon Valdez's Deadly Oil …

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    The Great Chicago Fire - Non-Fiction Historical Events, Reading for Grade 4, Developmental Learning for Young Readers - Code Red
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    3.82     · 11 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2007 · 6 editions
    Mary Fales woke suddenly to discover a strange glo…

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    The Hindenburg Disaster
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    4.40     · 5 Ratings · published 2007 · 3 editions
    As the Hindenburg approached its landing in Lakehu…

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    Nightmare on the Titanic
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    3.92     · 12 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 5 editions
    Crossing the icy North Atlantic on a quiet April n…

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    The Texas City Disaster
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    4.33     · 9 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    The Grandcamp freighter held a deadly recipe in th…

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    The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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    3.87     · 15 Ratings · published 2007 · 4 editions
    As factory workers prepared to go home after a lon…

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    Oklahoma's Devastating May 2013 Tornado
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    3.30     · 10 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    May 20, 2013, began as a normal day at Plaza Tower…

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    Superstorm Sandy
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    3.50     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy hammered the Cari…

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