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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
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...
2) The mistress
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago, 1871
A nighttime rendezvous, a secretive masquerade, and a city engulfed in flames…
Most days, Kathleen O'Leary is a penniless maid. But tonight, she takes a risk and masquerades as a glamorous heiress, thanks to a borrowed gown and her friends' sense of adventure. To her surprise, the ruse succeeds-even Dylan Kennedy, Chicago's most eligible bachelor, seems enraptured.
But like Kathleen, Dylan isn't who he says he is. And before...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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.
Chicago, 1871. Meg and Sylvie Townsend manage the family bookshop. Their father, Stephen is a veteran still suffering in mind and spirit...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 400L
Physical Desc
147 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 432 pages : maps, illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Between October 8-10, 1871, much of the city of Chicago was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in barely three decades, from just over 4,000 in 1840 to greater than 330,000 at the time of the fire. Built hastily, the city was largely made of wood. Once it began in the barn of Catherine and Patrick O'Leary, the fire quickly grew out of control, twice...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
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
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt, taking a train to Chicago--but disaster seems to follow her there.
10) Cinders
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 13
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Special crossover edition, first edition.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
157 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Cinders is a dappled gray Percheron horse during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire"--
13) The Fifth Floor
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
119 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire, writer Kate Hannigan and illustrator Alex Graudins tell 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....
16) The hostage
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unaware of the fire sweeping toward them in the Chicago fire, Deborah Sinclair confronts her wealthy, powerful father, determined to refuse the society marriage he has arranged for her. Suddenly, out of the smoke and flames, a stranger appears--intent on avenging an unforgivable crime.
17) Sparky
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition, Special crossover edition.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
149 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A firedog from the Maxwell Street fire station tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire"--
18) Cinnamon moon
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Historical fiction about two siblings and a friend trying to find a new family and a home after the Great Chicago Fire"--
"On the same day as the Great Chicago Fire, America's deadliest fire took place 250 miles away in the poor lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Twelve-year-old Ailis and her younger brother, Quinn, miraculously survived, but the rest of their family did not. Homeless and heartbroken, they are sent to live in a Chicago boardinghouse,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks...