I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

Tarshis, Lauren

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Just the Series: I Survived Vol. 11

Series and Publisher: I Survived

Annotation: A young boy struggles to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns on a fateful day in 1871.

Genre: [Adventure fiction] [Historical fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #93714

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Chapter Book

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Scholastic Book Service

Edition Date: 2015 Release Date: 02/24/15

Illustrator: Dawson, Scott,

Pages: 96 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-545-65846-2 Perma-Bound: 0-605-85068-2

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-545-65846-1 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-85068-2

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871. Juvenile fiction.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871. Fiction.
Survival. Fiction.
Fires. Illinois. Chicago. Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.). History. To 1875. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 14,140

Reading Level: 4.8

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.8 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 172572 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.3 / points:5.0 / quiz:Q65767

Lexile: 730L

Could an entire city really burn to the ground?

Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But then Oscar finds himself not just in the heart of the big city, but in the middle of a terrible fire! No one knows exactly how it began, but one thing is clear: Chicago is like a giant powder keg about to explode.An army of firemen is trying to help, but this fire is a ferocious beast that wants to devour everything in its path, including Oscar! Will Oscar survive one of the most famous and devastating fires in history? Lauren Tarshis brings history's most exciting and terrifying events to life in this New York Times-bestselling series. Readers will be transported by stories of amazing kids and how they survived!

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