It’s hot, the ground is dry, and fires are starting. Choose how you will respond to this disaster as a forest ranger, a soldier evacuating towns, or as a young girl with her mother. There are 36 choices and 16 possible endings to this historical adventure. 112 pgs, pb.
Can You Survive the 1910 Big Burn? An Interactive History Adventure
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014856
ISBN
9781666390803
Grade 3-7
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Product Overview
- Part of the You Choose: Can You Survive Disaster? Series
- Interactive History Adventure
- 36 choices with 16 possible endings
- Includes colored pictures, events timeline, book list, and suggested internet sites to explore
Description
Publisher's Description of Can You Survive the 1910 Big Burn? An Interactive History Adventure
In the northwestern United States, the summer of 1910 was the driest
anyone had seen in a long time. The weather was extremely hot and windy.
Crops everywhere were drying up. Then in August the region faced one of
the biggest forest fires in U.S. history. Will you lead the fight to
battle the fires and save your hometown? Can you save others and escape
before the town is consumed by flames? Will you flee with your mother to
find safety on a train? With dozens of possible choices, YOU will have
to decide how to survive one of history’s biggest and deadliest forest
fires.
Category Description for You Choose: Can You Survive Disasters?
A dramatic series in the You Choose collection where you try to survive through some of history’s worst natural disasters: the 1865 sultana disaster, the 1918 flu pandemic, the 1920 big burn, and the 1925 Tri-State tornado. The Disaster series allows readers to learn about historical situations while engaging in the story. You will have the opportunity to follow characters through real-life events and make choices that influence the story’s outcome, determining whether characters survive or not. After you finish one path, go back and read the other choices for new perspectives and more adventures. The first chapter sets the scene and then instructions for what page to go to next. The end of each book has a key events timeline, glossary, book list, and internet sites to explore.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 3-7 |
| Brand: | Capstone Press |
| ISBN: | 9781666390803 |
| Length in Inches: | 7.5 |
| Width in Inches: | 5.25 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.25 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.35 |
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