The Great Fire
by Murphy, Jim
BCCB Blue Ribbon BookBoston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsNewbery HonorJefferson Cup Award/HonorALA Notable/Best BooksNCTE Orbis Pictus Award/Honor BookMargaret A. Edwards AwardPublishers Weekly Best Book
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AR Book Level
7.6
AR Points
4
Word Count
22,281
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
14532 EN
About this book
Within the thirty-one hours of terror, over 100,000 people were forced to flee the flames of the Great Chicago Fire. Eyewitness accounts and newspaper articles tell the story of some of the people affected by this calamity.