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Lauren Tarshis
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One hundred years ago, a killer wave of molasses struck a crowded Boston neighborhood. Discover the story of this strange disaster in the next book in the New York Times best-selling I Survived series.
There were warning signs that the molasses tank would break. The steel sides moaned and groaned. Molasses oozed from its seams. But the people of Boston's North End - mostly poor immigrants - were powerless to complain to the big molasses company. On a bright January day in 1919, the tank finally broke and almost three million gallons of molasses rushed the neighborhood. At 15 feet tall, 160 feet wide, and traveling at 35 miles per hour, the gooey wave was more destructive than any flood of water would have been. Lauren Tarshis tells the riveting story of one child who was swept up in the sticky storm and lived to tell the tale.
©2019 Text Copyright © 2019 by Lauren Tarshis. (P)2019 Scholastic IncListeners also enjoyed...
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- Kelli C
- 08-02-20
great book
I loved it.
I would Recommend it to Everyone
I liked the story and the characters
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- Jennifer B. Fisher
- 02-04-23
Good
I think this book was really good because it had a great story.I liked this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-18-20
Amazing!
This was an amazing story! I sound recommend this book to anyone who loves history, or is having trouble in history class. I was very sad when carmens dad died!
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- KMorrill
- 09-28-20
Love it!
Love it! I liked this book because Carmen survived and didn’t have to move back to Italy.
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- Marg
- 11-25-19
fascinating
great story . I had no idea about this ever happening
thank you very much
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-11-25
Great Performance on a tale of an obscure disaster
I have read & listened to several I Survived books in the series by now but I especially enjoyed the narration for this one. Plus, the main female character was Italian so incorporating the accent into her performance was a good touch.
I had never even heard of this man-made disaster before reading the title of the book, so I learned quite a bit from this entertaining tale of historical fiction. Thoroughly recommend it for all ages. It was a very relatable and gripping tale from beginning to end.
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- Craig Price
- 05-19-21
Awesome Book
I’ve read 15 I Survived books but not this one! It’s sooo good!!! I’ve wanted to get it at the public library,but audio is fine!!
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- Howard B. Wellman
- 05-14-24
I survived the great molasses flood,1919.
I survived the great molasses flood, 1919.
I loved this book because it is about a girl who didn’t give up and she persisted even when it got hard.
I would recommend this book to anybody who has been through a difficult time and needs to know that if she can do it than you can too.
I picked this rating because it is a great book.
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