I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19)

MaggieCarr

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) | Lauren Tarshis

The public library added Playaways to the collection. My home has never been this quiet since before they were born. 😂

Sharpeipup I was just thinking about playaways today. I haven‘t seen them in my library recently. 4y

Branwen They are super popular in my library! 4y

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IamIamIam

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) | Lauren Tarshis

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A compelling story surrounding an odd tragedy in Boston. In 1919, a vat containing 2 million gallons of molasses exploded killing 21 people and injuring 150. The fictional story tells of Carmen, an Italian immigrant, and her father, who succumbs to the Spanish Influenza. A great read for #BBRC #middlegrade #LessThan120Pages
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tpixie Never heard of the molasses tragedy. Book sounds good! 5y

IamIamIam @tpixie It's really interesting! 5y

LibrarianRyan Yeahh 5y

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tpixie @IamIamIam i‘m going to have to read up on it! Nobody talked about it on any of my Boston tours! 5y

IamIamIam @tpixie That's crazy! I'd think this would be a huge talking point! 5y

tpixie @IamIamIam right???!! 5y

riversong153 My kid loves this series! 5y

IamIamIam @riversong153 This is my first read but I know it's always a big hit at the book fairs! What's your child's favorite book in the series? 5y

riversong153 @IamIamIam the one about the Titanic. 5y

IamIamIam @riversong153 Excellent choice!!! That was summer reading for my son before 4rd grade and he actually enjoyed it! The Titanic is my preferred disaster... that's weird, right? 😬 5y

riversong153 @IamIamIam Not weird at all. Your talking to someone who loves true crime, so I completely get it! 5y

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IamIamIam

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) | Lauren Tarshis

Is it sauce or gravy?!? Growing up, gravy was brown and sauce was red! 😂😂 What do actual Italians call it? We're just transplants! Lol

Geenie Gravy...my mom makes tomato gravy with pepper steak. 👌 5y

JackOBotts My Italian/Sicilian grandmother called it gravy...👵🏼🤷🏻‍♀️ 5y

IamIamIam Tomato gravy sounds better than plain gravy, @Yoshi-and-a-book. We're Sicilian also but my grandmother never said gravy, @JackOBotts. I only heard that when I started dating my husband because his family called it gravy, lol! 5y

AmyG I know a few Italians that call sauce...gravy. 5y

rather_be_reading ive only heard it calles gravy on tv 5y

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Cortg

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) | Lauren Tarshis

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I lived just outside Boston from 2nd grade through the end of 6th grade and oddly, I had never heard of The Great Molasses Flood until I tuned in to an episode of Drunk History. Thanks @Ash.on.the.line for tuning me into this I Survived edition! I thoroughly enjoyed this strange piece of Boston history!

Ash.on.the.line How awesome! Now I need to read it myself! 😄 5y

cozypunk This is already on my TRB list, but now I'm doubly excited to look up the Drunk History episode. Thanks for the lead! 5y

Cortg @dwRavenPuff OMG, my daughter was playing it on her phone last weekend for my dad 😂 5y

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Eggs

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) | Lauren Tarshis

A new one to me-molasses and human ignorance for the method of storage

MidnightBookGirl I have heard about this! What a terrible way to die! 5y

Panic70 I‘ve read some of the I survived series, but I don‘t think my 9 year old would enjoy them. This one seems scary. 5y

Kenyazero It's a bizarre happening in American history, for sure! A preventable tragedy. 5y

Eggs @MidnightBookGirl @Panic70 @Kenyazero Preventable indeed-they were storing molasses improperly for use in explosives bc high alcohol content-ugh 5y

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Ash.on.the.line

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) | Lauren Tarshis

Found this while browsing hoopla for my next read, and I was hit with a random memory. I remember in maybe 1st or 2nd grade we read a story about a molasses spill and I always had it in my head, it was a true story and most of the adults around me said it wasn‘t for years! I can‘t believe it is true and I‘m totally rubbing it in! 😂 This is random but I had no where else to tell this silly story!

Cortg I lived just outside Boston from 2nd grade through 6th grade and I never heard the story (neither had my siblings) until I saw an episode about it on Drunk History 🤓 I'm fascinated, so I may have to pick this book up! I love the I Survived Series!
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CoverToCoverGirl Life sometimes really is stranger than fiction! 5y

Ash.on.the.line @Cortg how interesting! I‘ll have to find that episode of drunk history! 😆 I had never heard of the I Survived series until seeing this, and I‘m interested in a lot of them! 5y

Ash.on.the.line @CoverToCoverGirl it really is sometimes! 5y

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LibrarianRyan

I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) | Lauren Tarshis

It feels like I Survived is scrapping the bottom of the disaster barrell. However, this is an event I have never heard of, and I want to know more!

Out September

#CoverLove #KidsEdition

Aloisi_tribe My youngest loves these books! He‘ll be excited to know a new one is coming out. He‘s read all the others multiple times. 5y

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