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1) The mistress
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Masquerading as members of Chicago's upper crust at a glittering ball on the eve of the Great ChicagoFire, Kathleen O'Leary, a beautiful young maid, and con man Dylan Kennedy find themselves falling for each other, unaware of their mutual masquerade.
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I survived volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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In a national contest, readers voted and decided that the next I SURVIVED topic will be the Great Chicago Fire, 1871! In the next book of the I SURVIVED series, one boy will struggle to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns.
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Windy City saga volume 1
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"Meg and Sylvie Townsend manage the family bookshop and care for their father, Stephen, a veteran still suffering in mind and spirit from his time as a POW during the Civil War. But when the Great Fire sweeps through Chicago's business district, they lose much more than just their store.The sisters become separated from their father, and after Meg burns her hands in an attempt to save a family heirloom, they make a harrowing escape from the flames...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Discover the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, an inferno that forever changed the city's skyline, in this epic graphic novel! Dramatic illustrations and fast-paced text provide a "you-are-there" experience. With extensive back matter, including a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and further Internet sources, young readers will gobble up this action-packed comic book about one of history's most compelling disasters.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again.By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting narrative that recreates the event with drama...
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"Between October 8-10, 1871, much of the city of Chicago was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in barely three decades, from just over 4,000 in 1840 to greater than 330,000 at the time of the fire. Built hastily, the city was largely made of wood. Once it began in the barn of Catherine and Patrick O'Leary, the fire quickly grew out of control, twice...
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In the midst of the Great Fire of Chicago of 1871 a young woman, Lucy Hathaway, finds and rescues a beautiful baby girl from the fire. Lucy raises the child as her own. Five years later Lucy goes to Randolf Higgins, a prominent banker, for a loan for her new bookstore and discovers that the child she has been raising is his. What will happen next?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Chicago was a rapidly growing city, connecting the country's coasts...until 1871 when it all burned to ash. Follow along with the true story of a doomed flame that changed the course of an emerging city. Then, review what you've learned with a recap timeline and a quick quiz to check how much doomed history you remember"--
11) Firestorm!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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A twelve-year-old street urchin and the son of Chicago's most important jeweler strike up an unlikely friendship in the days before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and both are nearly trapped when the city goes up in flames.
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