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721890
Alice on the island : a Pearl Harbor survival story [Girls Survive]by Poe, Mayumi Shimose 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2019)

BTSB #: 721890 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG Lexile: 680

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 - Fiction Japanese Americans - Forced removal and imprisonment, 1942-1945 - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction Family life - Hawaii - Fiction Hawaii - History|y1900-1959 - Fiction


Summary: On December 7, 1941, thirteen-year old Alice's life changes completely as she experiences an act of war, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and her father's imprisonment in a Japanese internment camp, leaving Alice and the rest of her family struggling to adjust to life without him.


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Audrey under the big top : a Hartford Circus Fire survival story [Girls Survive]by Gunderson, Jessica 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2022)

BTSB #: 406780 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG Lexile: 540

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 - Fiction Circus - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Sisters - Fiction


Summary: In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic Audrey struggles to reach her sisters. She gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes crashing down.


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Carrie and the Great Storm : a Galveston Hurricane survival story [Girls Survive]by Gunderson, Jessica 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 406797 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.6 MG Lexile: 490

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Hurricanes - Fiction Floods - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Galveston (Tex.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: Twelve-year-old Carrie of Galveston is looking forward to spending Saturday night at her friend's house, until her parents are invited to a very important party and she is forced to stay home and take care of her little brother; but a boring chore turns into a nightmare when the storm surge from the Great Hurricane hits and their house is swept off its foundation--and Carrie must think quickly and not panic.


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827081
Charlotte spies for justice : a Civil War survival story [Girls Survive]by Smith, Nikki Shannon 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 827081 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 660

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction


Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Cousins - Fiction Spies - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Adventure fiction Confederate States of America - Fiction Virginia - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Fiction United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Fiction


Summary: In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, but her enthusiasm may endanger them all--or help free 400 Union soldiers who are being moved from Richmond further south.


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Claudia in the storm : a Hurricane Katrina survival story [Girls Survive]by McConduit, Denise Walter 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2024)

BTSB #: 620759 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.7 MG Lexile: 710

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural Adventure Fiction


Subjects: Survival skills - Fiction Sisters - Fiction Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Fiction African Americans - Fiction New Orleans (La.) - Fiction


Summary: During the evacuation after Hurricane Katrina, twelve-year-old Claudia and her younger sister are separated from the rest of their family, and now it is up to Claudia to protect and comfort her sister through the tragedy.


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Constance and the dangerous crossing : a Mayflower survival story [Girls Survive]by Gilbert, Julie 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2021)

BTSB #: 378294 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 620

Subjects: Mayflower (Ship) - Fiction Pilgrims (New England colonists) - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Household employees - Fiction


Summary: In 1620 an orphaned fifteen-year-old servant girl joins Separatists seeking religious freedom and others aboard the Mayflower as they undertake a perilous journey to the New World.


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378291
Cora And The Terrible Twister: A Tri-State Tornado Survival Story [Girls Survive]by Gilbert, Julie 

Paperback(Stone Arch Books)

BTSB #: 378291 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Summary: For young Cora Moffat March 18, 1925 has been a bad day, but it gets much worse when her school is hit by the Tri-State Tornado, and she, her twin brother and her former best friend Claire, struggle to survive as the school and town are destroyed around them.


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Daisy and the deadly flu : a 1918 influenza survival story [Girls Survive]by Gilbert, Julie 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 378295 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.8 MG Lexile: 530

Subjects: Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 - Fiction German American families - Fiction Family life - Minnesota - New Ulm - Fiction Sisters - Fiction Stepmothers - Fiction New Ulm (Minn.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: Fourteen-year-old Daisy Meyer is angry and frustrated with her world: her German American town, New Ulm, is under surveillance, her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the United States entry into World War I, her beloved older sister Elsie's fiance is deployed to France, and she deeply resents her stepmother. But worse is coming, because this is October 1918, and influenza is about to descend on her home and family, and it is not certain who will survive.


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Emmi in the city : a Great Chicago Fire survival story [Girls Survive]by Alikhan, Salima 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2019)

BTSB #: 051060 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.3 MG Lexile: 640

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Father-daughter relationship - Fiction German Americans - Fiction Chicago (Ill.) - History|yTo 1875 - Fiction


Summary: 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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Essie and the march on Selma : a bloody Sunday survival story [Girls Survive]by Butler-Ngugi, Anitra 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2024)

BTSB #: 179017 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.7 MG Lexile: 720

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: Selma to Montgomery Rights March|d(1965 : - Selma, Ala.) - Fiction African Americans - Suffrage - Fiction Civil rights movements - Fiction


Summary: Twelve-year-old Essie believes that Black people should be allowed to vote, and she's willing to march for that right. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, puts on her best dress to join protesters as they plan to visit the governor in Montgomery, Alabama. But as the 600 marchers approach the Edmund Pettis bridge in Selma, they are stopped by state troopers. Can Essie survive blows, tear gas, and being sprayed with a water hose to continue her fight for voting rights?


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307389
Flor fights back : a Stonewall Riots survival story [Girls Survive]by Ellison, Joy Michael 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2023)

BTSB #: 307389 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: LGBTQ people - Fiction Self-acceptance - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Stonewall Riots, New York, N.Y., 1969 - Fiction Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction


Summary: In 1969, when thirteen-year-old transgender runaway Flor and her new trans friend Tami try to make their way into the queer and trans community of New York City, they find themselves at the Stonewall Inn on a night that leads to a police raid and violence.


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Fumiko and a Tokyo tragedy : a Great Kanto Earthquake survival story [Girls Survive]by Griner, Susan 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2023)

BTSB #: 403973 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.3 MG Lexile: 670

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923 - Fiction Tokyo (Japan) - Fiction Japan - Fiction


Summary: When the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo on September 1, 1923, twelve-year-old Fumiko must navigate the ensuing chaos and confusion in her fight for survival.


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Hettie and the London Blitz : a World War II survival story [Girls Survive]by Walsh, Jenni L. 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2021)

BTSB #: 918121 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.2 MG Lexile: 600

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Family life - England - London - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Great Britain - Fiction London (England) - History|y1940-1941, Bombardment - Fiction Great Britain - History|y1936-1952, George VI - Fiction


Summary: After helping prepare their London home for German bombing raids, young Hettie and her brothers are sent to safety in the countryside, where she strives to keep them connected to each other and their parents.


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Leah braves the flood : a Great Molasses Flood survival story [Girls Survive]by Gilbert, Julie 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 378299 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG Lexile: 550

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Survival skills - Fiction Molasses - Fiction Disasters - Fiction Boston (Mass.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: In 1919 Boston, an orphaned eighth-grade girl plans to head west to become a cowboy until the giant tank of molasses in her neighborhood explodes.


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Lena and the burning of Greenwood : a Tulsa Race Massacre survival story [Girls Survive]by Smith, Nikki Shannon 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2022)

BTSB #: 827123 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 580

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life


Subjects: Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921 - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Tulsa (Okla.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: 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. 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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Lily and the great quake : a San Francisco earthquake survival story [Girls Survive]by Bybee, Veeda 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 180021 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 580

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural


Subjects: San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: Just turned twelve, Lily is the oldest of the three children in her Chinese American family living in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hits. Her family has survived the quake, but as the city starts to burn Lily and her younger brother are separated from the others and must get to the safety of Oakland across the bay and hope that the rest of their family and friends are there waiting for them. Between the fire and the anti-Chinese violence it is not certain that any of them will survive.


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Lucy fights the flames : a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory survival story [Girls Survive]by Gilbert, Julie 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 378527 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.2 MG Lexile: 590

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Triangle Shirtwaist Company - Fire, 1911 - Fiction Italian Americans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - History|y1898-1951 - Fiction


Summary: It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can no longer work. But this is March twenty-fifth, and Lucy will soon be fighting for her life as fire sweeps through the locked down factory trapping the workers inside.


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Maddy and the monstrous storm : a Schoolhouse Blizzard survival story [Girls Survive]by Gilbert, Julie 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2022)

BTSB #: 378525 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.1 MG Lexile: 560

Subjects: Blizzards - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Norwegian Americans - Fiction Courage - Fiction Dakota Territory - History|y19th century - Fiction


Summary: Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.


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Maria and the plague : a Black Death survival story [Girls Survive]by Deen, Natasha 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2021)

BTSB #: 333569 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.6 MG Lexile: 490

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Black Death - Fiction Plague - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Middle Ages - Fiction Family life - Italy - Fiction Italy - History|y14th century - Fiction


Summary: The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive.


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385509
Maribel versus the volcano : a Mount St. Helens survival story [Girls Survive]by Gomez, Sarah Hannah 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 385509 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.2 MG Lexile: 640

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Volcanoes - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Attention - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Attention - Fiction Family life - Washington (State) - Fiction Mount Saint Helens (Wash.) - Eruption, 1980 - Fiction


Summary: 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.


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