Five Epic Disasters
Five Epic Disasters
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Five Epic Disasters

Written by Lauren Tarshis
Book #1 in the I Survived: True Stories Series
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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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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780545782241
    Publication Date
    September 30, 2014
    Publisher
    Scholastic Press
    Original Publication Date
    August 26, 2014
    Page Count
    176
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    7 - 10 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2014022758

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