Emmi in the city : a Great Chicago Fire survival story /

Alikhan, Salima.

Emmi in the city : a Great Chicago Fire survival story / Great Chicago Fire survival story by Salima Alikhan; illustrated by Alessia Trunfio. - 104 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. - Girls survive .

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. Includes nonfiction back matter, a glossary and discussion questions.

3-6 640L Lexile S Fountas 4.1

9781496580115 1496580117


Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Fires--Illinois--Chicago--Juvenile fiction.
Germans--Illinois--Chicago--Juvenile fiction.
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
German Americans--Fiction.


Chicago (Ill.)--History--To 1875--Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--To 1875--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PZ7.A39696 / Em 2019

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