Overview
The first book in this thrilling nonfiction series from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis, I Survived: True Survivors explores high-danger nonfiction topics through the eyes of real kids who lived to tell their stories. The Tri-State Tornado sucked whole towns into the sky. So how did eleven-year-old Adrian Dillon survive?
Adrian Dillon is walking to the train station in his tiny town of Parrish, Illinois, when the sky turns greenish black. The wind starts to howl. Then he sees it -- a strange swirling cloud snaking down from the sky. It tears across the land, shattering everything in its path. Adrian runs toward the nearby schoolhouse.
But within minutes, the schoolhouse is gone. So is Adrian's family farm. In the next few hours, nearly 700 people will be dead and more than 200 miles of land in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri will be destroyed by what is still -- 100 years later -- America's deadliest tornado.
With cliff-hangers at the end of every chapter, illustrations on every page, more photos and facts at the back, and a short word count to hold kids' attention, this narrative nonfiction chapter book is perfect for fans of the I Survived historical fiction chapter books, young readers interested in nature and STEM topics, and anyone who enjoys high-action stories of danger, survival, and hope.
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