Publisher: Stone Arch Books

Copyright Date: 2022

Edition Date: 2022 Release Date: 01/01/22

Illustrator: Davis, Jacqui,

Pages: 66 pages

ISBN: 1-663-92137-7

ISBN 13: 978-1-663-92137-6

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2021031772

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871. Juvenile fiction.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871. Fiction.
Survival. Fiction.
Orphans. Fiction.
Brothers and sisters. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 7,526

Reading Level: 4.6

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.6 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 515329 / grade: Middle Grades

Guided Reading Level: T

Fountas & Pinnell: T

Twelve-year-old Ollie is struggling to get by as an orphan in 1871 Chicago. He finds work as a servant for the wealthy Burnham family, including caring for five-year-old Leo Burnham. But Ollie has a little sister of his ownEliza. Ollie saves every penny he can to someday get Eliza out of an orphan asylum and support them both. Then a massive fire breaks out in the city, and chaos descends. Suddenly Ollie must not only escape the burning city with little Leo, but he must find his lost sister among the wreckage as well. Will Ollies wits and bravery be enough to save the Burnhams son and his own sister?