Girls survive
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Ann fights for freedom: an Underground Railroad survival story
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Charlotte spies for justice: a Civil War survival story
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Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Emmi, a German immigrant, is living in Chicago when the Great Fire breaks out on October 8, 1871, and, separated from her father, she finds herself with her neighbors, Cara and Seamus, braving the smoke and flames trying to escape the danger of the burning city, and searching for all their parents.
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Lucy fights the flames: a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire survival story
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Noelle at sea: a Titanic survival story
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Daisy and the deadly flu: a 1918 influenza survival story
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Lily and the great quake: a San Francisco earthquake survival story
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maribel daydreams at school, but when she defies evacuation orders to return home just as Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980, she must focus in order to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
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Mary and the Trail of Tears: a Cherokee removal survival story
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a Philadelphia girl intercepts a message about an impending British attack against her father's regiment, commanded by General Washington, in White Marsh, she travels alone by horseback to warn the Patriot army.
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Sarah journeys west: an Oregon Trail survival story
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While vacationing in Thailand for the holidays, Tara and her mother are thrown into survival mode when a massive tsunami sweeps through Phuket.
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Constance and the dangerous crossing: A Mayflower Survival Story
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Hettie and the London Blitz: a World War II survival story
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Maria and the plague: a Black Death survival story
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Molly and the Twin Towers: a 9/11 survival story
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Audrey under the big top: a Hartford Circus Fire survival story
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921, racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob.
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag finds it hard to adjust to life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory. Her schoolmates think she's spoiled, and Aunt Marta makes it clear that Maddy is not fit for farm life. Maddy desperately misses her father and life back home in St. Paul, Minnesota. But on January 12, 1888, everything changes. A blizzard traps Maddy and her classmates inside their schoolhouse. If they stay in the schoolhouse, they'll freeze,...
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1935, dust storms are sweeping across the southern plains of United States, including Oklahoma. Twelve-year-old Millie Horn is worried about her family's survival. The Dust Bowl is getting worse, and her family is running out of food and money. Despite the hardships, Pa doesn't want to abandon the farm, which has been in the family for generations. But when the worst black blizzard yet hits, they have no choice. The family decides to make the journey...