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I survived true stories : five epic disasters  Cover Image Book Book

I survived true stories : five epic disasters / by Lauren Tarshis.

Tarshis, Lauren. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780545782241
  • ISBN: 0545782244
  • ISBN: 9780545794701
  • ISBN: 0545794706
  • ISBN: 9781484439937
  • ISBN: 1484439937
  • Physical Description: 136 pages illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Inc., 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Children's Blizzard, 1888 -- The Titanic Disaster, 1912 -- The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919 -- The Japanese Tsunami, 2011 -- The Henryville Tornado, 2012.
Summary, etc.:
From the author of the I Survived series come five true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 7-10.
Middle School
930 Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 6.3
Reading Counts! 6.6
Subject: Titanic (Steamship) > Juvenile literature.
Natural disasters > Juvenile literature.
Disasters > Juvenile literature.
Survival > Juvenile literature.
Tornadoes > Indiana > Henryville > Juvenile literature.
Molasses industry > Accidents > Massachusetts > Juvenile literature.
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 > Juvenile literature.
Blizzards > Middle West > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
Natural disasters.
Survival.
Natural disasters.

Available copies

  • 40 of 46 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Library Association - Kent.

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Summary: From the author of the I Survived series come five true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.

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