I survived the great molasses flood, 1919 : I Survived series, book 19 / by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson.
A deadly - and strange - disaster. It's been four years since Carmen and Papa moved from Italy to Boston. Life here is exciting, but not always easy. And then there's the massive metal tank that rises up over their crowded North End neighborhood. The ugly tank, filled with sticky brown molasses, has always leaked. But nobody imagined that it could one day explode apart, sending a tsunami of molasses into the streets. Caught in the flood, Carmen must fight for her life - the life that she and Papa built together in America. But where will she find the strength?
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- ISBN: 9781338317435
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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Target Audience Note: | 610L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG 4.4 2 2 503653 |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Scholastic Paperbacks, 2019. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 53831 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Subject: | Floods > Juvenile fiction. Boston (Mass.) > History > 1865- > Juvenile fiction. |
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A deadly - and strange - disaster. It's been four years since Carmen and Papa moved from Italy to Boston. Life here is exciting, but not always easy. And then there's the massive metal tank that rises up over their crowded North End neighborhood. The ugly tank, filled with sticky brown molasses, has always leaked. But nobody imagined that it could one day explode apart, sending a tsunami of molasses into the streets. Caught in the flood, Carmen must fight for her life - the life that she and Papa built together in America. But where will she find the strength?