Can You Survive the 1910 Big Burn?
An Interactive History Adventure
From the Set You Choose: Disasters in History
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.
Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 7 |
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Reading Level | Grade 3 |
Dewey Number | 973.91 |
Lexile | 620L |
ATOS Reading Level | |
Guided Reading Level | W |
Language | English |
Publisher | Capstone |
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Format | Reinforced book |
ISBN | 9781666390810 |
Copyright | 2023 |
Number of Pages | 112 |
Dimensions | 5.25 x 7.5 |
Graphics | Full-color illustrations, Full-color photographs |
SLJ Review of You Choose: Disasters in History
These interactive history adventures offer readers three different characters to follow through the disaster, making over a dozen choices to try and survive. Each character is based on actual records of survivors and victims of the original event, and those individuals are identified in the back matter. Illustrations and photos, some of them archival, emphasize the destruction and devastation of the disaster. Suggested reading and websites for further investigation are offered. Other extras include information on how earthquakes or hurricanes are rated, advances in weather forecasting, or the importance of Red Cross relief efforts. Besides the opportunity to explore each of the possible choices within the narrative, there are also a few additional scenarios suggested in “Other Paths to Consider.” VERDICT Would work well with a unit on natural disasters or as individual reading for history buffs.