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I Survived True Stories : Nature Attacks! Four Terrifying Tales of Disaster and Survival/ Lauren Tarshis.

By: Series: I survived : true stories ; v 2.New York : Scholastic Press, c2015Description: 157 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780545908023
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Contents:
Summer of terror: The true story of the shark attacks of 1916 -- The volcano that changed the world: The eruption off Mount Tambora, 1815 -- The bloodred night: The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871 -- The invisible monster: One girl's encounter with the deadly box jellyfish.
Summary: From 14-year-old Joseph Dunn who was the lone survivor of the Shark Attacks of 1916, to 9-year-old Mike Kramer who, with the help of his quick-thinking parents, survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), to the 13-year-old girl who survived a terrifying attack by a box jellyfish, this is a collection of unforgettable narrative non-fiction stories of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.
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Summer of terror: The true story of the shark attacks of 1916 -- The volcano that changed the world: The eruption off Mount Tambora, 1815 -- The bloodred night: The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871 -- The invisible monster: One girl's encounter with the deadly box jellyfish.

From 14-year-old Joseph Dunn who was the lone survivor of the Shark Attacks of 1916, to 9-year-old Mike Kramer who, with the help of his quick-thinking parents, survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), to the 13-year-old girl who survived a terrifying attack by a box jellyfish, this is a collection of unforgettable narrative non-fiction stories of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.

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