I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
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Author
Tarshis, Lauren
Contributors
Dawson, Scott, illustrator.
Published
New York : Scholastic Inc., 2015.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 -- Juvenile fiction.
Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Juvenile fiction.
Other Subjects
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.
Fires. -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Fiction.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.

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Format
Book
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780545658461 (pbk.), 0545658462 (pbk.), 9781480667235 (PawPrints), 1480667234 (PawPrints)
Reading Level
MG
Level 4.8, 2 Points
Lexile measure
730
Notes
Other Title
Great Chicago Fire, 1871.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
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?
Target Audience
3.4.
Target Audience
3-6 Follett School Solutions.
Target Audience
730 Lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 2.0 172572. 397

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Tarshis, L., & Dawson, S. (2015). I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. Scholastic Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Tarshis, Lauren and Scott, Dawson. 2015. I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. Scholastic Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Tarshis, Lauren and Scott, Dawson. I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. Scholastic Inc, 2015.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Tarshis, L. and Dawson, S. (2015). I survived the great chicago fire, 1871. New York: Scholastic Inc.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Tarshis, Lauren, and Scott Dawson. I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. Scholastic Inc, 2015.

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