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I survived true stories : nature attacks!

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  • Author: Tarshis, Lauren
    Edition: First edition
    Date:
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    2015
    Summary:

    The author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series brings us more harrowing true stories of real kids up against terrible forces of nature. From fourteen-year-old lone survivor of the shark attacks of 1916, to nine-year-old who survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), here are four unforgettable survivors who managed to beat the odds.

    Read their incredible stories:
    The Deadly Shark Attacks of 1916
    The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871
    A Venomous Box Jellyfish Attack
    The Eruption of Mount Tambora

    Contents:
    • Summer of terror : the true story of the shark attacks of 1916
    • The volcano that changed the world : the eruption of Mount Tambora, 1815
    • The bloodred night : the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871
    • The invisible monster : one girl encounter with the deadly box jellyfish.
    Genre:
    Juvenile nonfiction
    Subject(s): Animal attacks | Disasters | Great Fire, Peshtigo, Wis., 1871 | Survival
    Original Publisher: New York, Scholastic Press
    Language(s): English