Sep 14
Lauren Tarshis delivers once again with a hit your students are sure to love. I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 contains breath-holding moments, likable characters, and a recent disaster that your students will remember from the news. The Story Mom and Josh take a trip to Northern California to visit cousins. Josh later learns the …
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Oct 24
Lauren Tarshis writes a hit your students are sure to love. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 contains breath-holding moments, likable characters, and an unusual disaster. When Carmen was three years old, an earthquake shook her Italian village. This was just the beginning of a terrifying day. Soon tidal waves swept over the land. …
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Feb 25
In I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944, eleven-year-old Paul lived a carefree life until the Nazis invaded his town in Normandy, France. Soon, his father and best friend Gerard were sent to work camps in Germany. Paul sees his favorite teacher, Mr. Leon, get shot and killed right before his eyes. Food and money are …
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Nov 05
Lauren Tarshis’s seventeenth book in her popular I Survived Series – I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies – tackles the grizzly attacks that took place in Glacier National Park. Readers are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what will happen next. Eleven-year-old Mel goes to Glacier National Park in the summer of 1967 …
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Jul 01
Weeks go by. Mount St Helens sends up puffs of steam. The police block the road leading up to the mountain. After about two months, Mount St Helens has calmed down. The roadblock is removed. Mr. Rowan wants to go back to his fishing cabin to get the fishing pole that he left behind. Jess …
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May 28
Eleven-year-old Hugo holds his little sister Gertie in his arms as they wait to board the Hindenburg. Hugo and his family have lived in Kenya for the past year while his parents who are science professors study the lions in the Thika Valley. Unfortunately, Gertie was bitten by a mosquito and got malaria. Hugo’s family …
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Apr 30
I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011, Lauren Tarshis’s twelfth book in her popular I Survived Series, tackles the Joplin Tornado of 2011. Eleven-year-old Dex runs into an old college pal of his dad’s, Dr. Gage, while out riding his bike through the streets of Joplin, Missouri. Dr. Gage has become famous with his television show, Tornado …
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