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Title details for I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis - Available

I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

by Lauren Tarshis
Nicholas Dressel
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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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Publisher: Scholastic Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781338051988
  • File size: 42163 KB
  • Release date: November 1, 2016
  • Duration: 01:27:50

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781338242560
  • File size: 42261 KB
  • Release date: November 1, 2016
  • Duration: 01:27:49
  • Number of parts: 2

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subjects

Juvenile Fiction Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:730
Text Difficulty:3

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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Juvenile Fiction Historical Fiction