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In this book of the I survived series, one boy will struggle to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns.
A young boy struggles to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns on a fateful day in 1871.
Oscar Starling races to stay ahead of the flames as Chicago burns to the ground.
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"Chicago is burning. And Lucy Hathaway is running for her life. As she rushes past a fine hotel engulfed in flames, a wrapped bundle tumbles from a window into her arms. Seconds later the building crumbles-and Lucy is astonished to discover the swaddled blanket contains a baby. Five years later Lucy walks into Rand Higgins's bank and knows: the orphan she rescued that day actually belongs to this ruthless financier. Now, to keep the child she's come...
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As Chicago's Great Fire steals away their bookshop, Meg and Sylvie Townsend make a harrowing escape from the flames with the help of reporter Nate Pierce. But trouble doesn't end when their father is committed to an asylum after being accused of murder. They must prove their father's innocence before the asylum truly drives him mad.
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Emmi, a German immigrant, is living in Chicago when the Great Fire breaks out on October 8, 1871, and, separated from her father, she finds herself with her neighbors, Cara and Seamus, braving the smoke and flames trying to escape the danger of the burning city, and searching for all their parents.
5) The Mistress
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"October 8, 1871. One small spark ignites the entire city of Chicago, sending its residents into panic. But amid the chaos, a case of mistaken identity leads to an unexpected new love. As the historic fire ignites across town, Kathleen O'Leary finds herself dressed in borrowed diamonds and silk, enjoying a lavish masquerade. The penniless maid has caught the eye of Dylan Francis Kennedy, the rich, handsome gentleman all of high society has been speculating...
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Could an entire city really burn to the ground? One brave boy finds out in this graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestelling I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Cassie Mitchell.
Oscar Starling never wanted to move to Chicago. The smog, the stench, the thieves around every corner -- it's so different from his old life on the farm. Will the big city ever feel like home?...
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"It's 1871, and Emmeline Carter is poised to take Chicago's high society by storm. Between her father's sudden rise to wealth and her recent engagement to Chicago's most eligible bachelor, Emmeline has it all. But she can't stop thinking about the life she left behind, including her childhood sweetheart, Anders Magnuson. Fiona Byrne, Emmeline's childhood best friend, is delighted by her friend's sudden rise to prominence, especially since it means...
9) Cinders
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"Cinders is a dappled gray Percheron horse during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire"--
10) Sparky
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"A firedog from the Maxwell Street fire station tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire"--
11) The Fifth Floor
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Hired by a former lover to follow her husband, private detective Michael Kelly tracks the subject to Chicago's North Side, where he discovers a body and a possible answer to the mystery of who started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
12) Cinnamon moon
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"Historical fiction about two siblings and a friend trying to find a new family and a home after the Great Chicago Fire"--