š.I love history and think it will be a good book.
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I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19)
By Lauren Tarshis
There were warning signs that the molasses tank would break. The steel sides moaned and groaned. Molasses oozed from its seams. But the people of Boston's North End -- mostly poor immigrants -- were powerless to complain to the big molasses company.
On a bright January day in 1919, the tank finally broke and almost three million gallons of molasses rushed the neighborhood. At 15 feet tall, 160 feet wide, and traveling at 35 miles per hour, the gooey wave was more destructive than any flood of water would have been. Lauren Tarshis tells the riveting story of one child who was swept up in the sticky storm and lived to tell the tale.
On a bright January day in 1919, the tank finally broke and almost three million gallons of molasses rushed the neighborhood. At 15 feet tall, 160 feet wide, and traveling at 35 miles per hour, the gooey wave was more destructive than any flood of water would have been. Lauren Tarshis tells the riveting story of one child who was swept up in the sticky storm and lived to tell the tale.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9781338317411
ISBN-10: 1338317415
Published on 9/3/2019
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
Book Reviews (4)
This book is about a young girl named Carmen. There was a molasses/syrup company and they need space for all the molasses, and build a giant tank for it. One day the people that live by the tank start hear noises. So they report it to the company many times, but they ignore it. Soon the tank explodes sending 24 foot waves of molasses every where destroying every think in it's path. Carmen gets sucked under a giant wave and finally feels safe, but another wave comes. This is a great book because i teaches you about The Great Molasses Flood of 1919, but also is an exciting book.
I think this book is very exciting and fun.Also allot of character and drama.Also everything in the book is heartbreaking and treacherous.Also I don't know if I will ever read something that amazing.Also the sadness that the person had to leave her home.
This book is about a girl named Carmen. She's Italian. They had to move to Boston after a tsunami. There is a great big tank full of molasses-syrup. Then one day BOOM! Carmen needs to run for her life. The sticky syrup is hard to walk in and it got higher. She couldn't move! She tries to move out and finally feels like she's safe but then another wave of syrup drags her down to the ground. Will she make it? Will she be safe? Will she be hurt? Joins Carmen's adventure when you read I survived the great molasses flood, 1919.