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I survived the Great Chicago fire, 1871 / by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson.
"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?"-- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781480667235
- ISBN: 9780545658461
- ISBN: 0545658462
- ISBN: 9780606363549
- Physical Description: 96 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing dates, and paging may vary. Includes questions and answers about the Great Fire. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Target Audience Note: | 730L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 2 172572. |
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| Subject: | Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 > Juvenile fiction. Fires > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction. Chicago (Ill.) > History > To 1875 > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Action and adventure fiction. |
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Summary:
"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?"--
