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Chicago (Ill.) History 19th century Fiction Diaries Fiction Down syndrome Fiction Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 Fiction Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 Juvenile fiction Orphans Fiction People with mental disabilities Fiction Runaways Fiction Scranton (Pa.) History 19th century Fiction Scranton (Pa.) History 19th century Juvenile fictionAlikhan, Salima
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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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ALIBartoletti, Susan Campbell.
Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013