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Five Epic Disasters (I Survived True Stories #1)

by Lauren Tarshis

Five real disasters, seen through children’s experiences

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    New York Times-bestselling I Survived series

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Five real disasters, seen through children’s experiences

Lauren Tarshis brings together five accounts of young people caught in major disasters across different eras, from the 1888 Children’s Blizzard to the 2012 Henryville Tornado. The events also include the Titanic disaster, the Great Boston Molasses Flood, and the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Framed around survival, the collection connects historical events with the experiences of children who lived through them, offering a compact introduction to disasters in modern history.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in true stories of survival and disaster history.
  • Readers ages 9–12 exploring modern history through accounts involving children.

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Disaster and survivalChildren’s experiences in historyModern history

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Book overview

The New York Times-bestselling I Survived series expands to include this thrilling nonfiction exploration of five true stories, from the Titanic to the Henryville Tornadoes.

 

REAL KIDS. REAL DISASTERS.From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing 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 unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.Read their incredible stories: The Children's Blizzard, 1888The Titanic Disaster, 1912The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919The Japanese Tsunami, 2011The Henryville Tornado, 2012
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