I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived Graphic Novel #7) by Lauren Tarshis, Cassie Anderson

I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived Graphic Novel #7) by Lauren Tarshis, Cassie AndersonCould an entire city really burn to the ground? One brave boy finds out in this graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Cassie Anderson. 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? But shortly after Oscar

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