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Due May 6, 2024
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Scholastic (2015)
Description
From 14-year-old Joseph Dunn who was the lone survivor of the Shark Attacks of 1916, to 9-year-old Mike Kramer who, with the help of his quick-thinking parents, survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), to the 13-year-old girl who survived a terrifying attack by a box jellyfish, this is a collection of unforgettable narrative non-fiction stories of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.
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2104-132
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LibraryThing member JenniferRobb
I am older than the target audience for this book. (I think I might have enjoyed it more (rated it higher) if I did fall in that target age range.)
This book was on the sale cart at my local library. We'd bought some "I Survived" books for my nephew when he was younger (and I read the ones we got
There are 4 stories in this book:
1. The Shark Attacks of 1916
2. The Eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815
3. The Great Peshtigo (Wisconsin) Fire of 1871
4. An Encounter With the Deadly Box Jellyfish in 2009
After each story, there are pages discussing the times that the event happened or the place where the event happened, giving facts about pertinent parts of the story, etc.
This book was on the sale cart at my local library. We'd bought some "I Survived" books for my nephew when he was younger (and I read the ones we got
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for him after he'd read them). Those have fictional characters who survive real life disasters. I hadn't realized the author also wrote books related to true stories of survivors. That's what this book is.There are 4 stories in this book:
1. The Shark Attacks of 1916
2. The Eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815
3. The Great Peshtigo (Wisconsin) Fire of 1871
4. An Encounter With the Deadly Box Jellyfish in 2009
After each story, there are pages discussing the times that the event happened or the place where the event happened, giving facts about pertinent parts of the story, etc.
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2015
ISBN
1338171496 / 9781338171495