Lauren Tarshis

The New York Times-bestselling I Survived series expands to include this thrilling nonfiction exploration of five true stories, from the Titanic to the Henryville Tornadoes.

REAL KIDS. REAL DISASTERS.From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters.From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off...

"A Leo le gusta ser rejpartidor de periódicos en San Francisco. Necesita el dinero y el trabajo le proporciona, además, la libertad de explorar la maravillosa ciudad que crece junto al nuevo siglo. Coches tirados por caballos comparten las calles con elegantes automóviles; familias y comercios, provenientes de todas partes, se instalan a diario en sus vecindarios. Es un lugar en el que todo parece posible. Sin embargo, una mañana de primavera,...

Could an entire city really burn to the ground? One brave boy finds out in this graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestelling I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Cassie Anderson.

Oscar Starling never wanted to move to Chicago. The smog, the stench, the thieves around every corner — it's so different from his old life on the farm. Will the big city ever feel like home? ​​​​​​​But...

"Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink." --

La familia de Barry trata de evacuarse antes que el huracán Katrina azote su hogar en Nueva Orleans, pero la hermanita de Barry se enferma y tienen que quedarse a esperar que pase la tormenta. Al principio, Katrina no parece tan terrible como dijo el pronóstico, pero durante la noche los diques se rompen y el mundo de Barry se ve literalmente destrozado. La inundación lo arrastra lejos de su familia. ¿Podrá sobrevivir a la tormenta del siglo......

It's the end of August 2005, and a big hurricane is blowing in to New Orleans, Louisiana. Barry₂s family plans to evacuate the Ninth Ward with everyone else, but when Barry's little sister gets violently ill, they must return to their home and stick out the storm. At first, everything seems fine. But then the levees break, the water rises, Barry is swept out of his home, and everything changes. Stranded in the floodwaters with no idea where he is...

Three stories of survival, including eleven-year-old Bennett Satterlee and his brother, Ethan, who survived the 2011 Joplin Tornado, a skier in Alaska who was caught underneath the weight of an avalanche, and fourteen-year-old Ariel Creamer, whose home was right in the path of Hurricane Sandy.

"Eleven-year-old Danny Crane is alone on his favorite beach in Hawaii when the world is torn apart and World War II officially hits the United States. Does he have what it takes to find his way home in the midst of the bombs, the smoke, and the destruction of the day that will live in infamy." --

"Eleven-year-old Dexter has always wanted to see a tornado. So when he gets the incredible opportunity to go storm chasing with the famous Dr. Norman Rays, he has to say yes! Dr. Rays is the host of Tornado Mysteries, the show that Dex and his older brother, Jeremy, watched every night until Jeremy joined the U.S. Navy SEALs and left Joplin." --

"Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But then Oscar finds himself not just in the heart of the big city, but in the middle of a terrible fire! No one knows exactly how it began, but one thing is clear: Chicago is like a giant powder keg about to explode. An army of firemen is trying to help, but this fire is a ferocious beast that wants to devour everything in its path, including Oscar!" --