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1) Cinders
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 13
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Cinders is a dappled gray Percheron horse during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire"--
Author
Series
I survived volume 11
Formats
Description
Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But then Oscar finds himself not just in the heart of the big city but in the middle of a terrible fire! No one knows exactly how it began, but one thing is clear: Chicago is like a giant powder keg about to explode. An army of firemen is trying to help, but this fire is a ferocious beast that wants to devour everything in its path, including Oscar! Will Oscar survive one of the most famous and devastating...
Author
Series
Windy City saga volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"In 1871, as Chicago's Great Fire destroys their bookshop, Meg and Sylvie Townsend make a harrowing escape with the help of reporter Nate Pierce. But when their father is committed to an asylum after being accused of murder, they must prove his innocence before the asylum truly drives him mad"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
I survived graphic novel volume 7
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
Robbed on the train platform as soon as he arrives in the city, eleven-year-old Oscar Starling soon finds himself in the middle of the Great Chicago Fire when he chases after his thief, who is herself in need of rescue.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
"Chicago is burning. And Lucy Hathaway is running for her life. As she rushes past a fine hotel engulfed in flames, a wrapped bundle tumbles from a window into her arms. Seconds later the building crumbles-and Lucy is astonished to discover the swaddled blanket contains a baby. Five years later Lucy walks into Rand Higgins's bank and knows: the orphan she rescued that day actually belongs to this ruthless financier. Now, to keep the child she's come...
8) Sparky
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"A firedog from the Maxwell Street fire station tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire"--
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The enthralling story of the Great Chicago Fire and the power struggle over the city's reconstruction in the wake of the tragedy In October of 1871, Chicagoans knew they were due for the "big one"-a massive, uncontrollable fire that would decimate the city. There hadn't been a meaningful rain since July, and several big blazes had nearly outstripped the fire department's scant resources. On October 8, when Kate Leary's barn caught fire, so began...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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.
Author
Publisher
Pelican Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2007
Description
A tall tale of a field mouse whose efforts to save her grandchildren not only destroy the last witch in Chicago, they start the great Chicago fire, as well, and earn her the honor of having the last day of October named for her family, the Halloweens.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
The true story of how a city rose up from one of the worst catastrophes in American history, and how this disaster forever changed how homes, buildings, and communities are constructed. A deadly blaze engulfs Chicago for two terrifying days! A brother, a sister, and a helpless puppy must race through the city to stay one step ahead of the devilish inferno. But can they reunite with their lost family before it's too late?
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