I survived the children's blizzard, 1888

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Title:

I survived the children's blizzard, 1888

Alternate title:

Children's blizzard, 1888

Author:

Tarshis, Lauren, author.

Dawson, Scott, illustrator.

Series:

I survived ;

Series Number:

16.

Summary:

When John Hale's parents moved from Chicago to a farm in the Dakota Territory in the late 1880s, he was not happy (too hot in summer, too cold in winter, and that is just the beginning); but after a year, and now eleven, he has settled in and made some friends at school--but when a sunny day in January 1888 turns abruptly into a deadly blizzard he will need all his strength and courage to survive what became known to history as The Children's Blizzard.

Audience:

Grade 4.

Appeals to 3rd-5th graders.

Physical Description:

108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Subject Term:

Blizzards -- Juvenile fiction.

Pioneer children -- Juvenile fiction.

Survival -- Juvenile fiction.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction

Geographic Term:

Dakota Territory -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Dawson, Scott,

Publisher:

Scholastic Inc.,

Publication Date:

2018

ISBN:

9780545919777

9780545919784

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Inc., [2018]

Call Number:

J TARSHIS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the Children's Blizzard of 1888 in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series.Eleven-year-old John Hale has already survived one brutal Dakota winter, and now he's about to experience one of the deadliest blizzards in American history. The storm of 1888 was a monster, a frozen hurricane that slammed into America's midwest without warning. Within hours, America's prairie would be buried under ten feet of snow. Hundreds would be dead, thousands terrified and lost and freezing. John never wanted to move to the wide-open prairie. He's a city kid, not a tough pioneer! But his inner strength is seriously tested when he finds himself trapped in the blinding snow, the wind like a giant crushing hammer, pounding him over and over again. Will John ever find his way home?

Author Notes

Lauren Tarshis was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love, and the I Survived series. She is also an editorial director for language arts at Scholastic, the editor of Storyworks magazine, and oversees Scope magazine. Her title, I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii 79 A. D. made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Excerpts

Eleven-year-old John Hale has already survived one brutal Dakota winter, and now he's about to experience one of the deadliest blizzards in American history. The storm of 1888 was a monster, a frozen hurricane that slammed into America's midwest without warning. Within hours, America's prairie would be buried under ten feet of snow. Hundreds would be dead, thousands terrified and lost and freezing. John never wanted to move to the wide-open prairie. He's a city kid, not a tough pioneer! But his inner strength is seriously tested when he finds himself trapped in the blinding snow, the wind like a giant crushing hammer, pounding him over and over again. Will John ever find his way home? Excerpted from I Survived the Children's Blizzard 1888 by Lauren Tarshis All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.