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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
{My thoughts} – I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. We had some pretty bad winters up there, but nothing was like the description within the pages of this book. I couldn’t imagine being a child growing up in this time period and living through this type of weather.
John is an eleven year old boy that has mover from Chicago to Dakota. They are getting ready for the winter when they have an early snowfall that shakes them all into work. They realize that winter is coming early and that it is going to be a harsh one. Everyone starts to get ready for the upcoming winter. The impending cold weather that is on it’s way. No one however, is prepared for the storm that is about to hit. No one is ready for the weather change and how bad things can and will get before it is all over.
John and his sister are at school when the worst storm hits. They are with their teacher and they are somewhat safe. They all have jobs, the students and everyone is helping the best they can and staying busy. Eventually three men from town show up and they help everyone into wagons and are going to get them to the local hotel to ride out the storm. A lot happens in the time they leave the school to when they are meant to arrive at the hotel.
I couldn’t imagine being in their situation. I couldn’t imagine having to use quick thinking. I couldn’t imagine thinking straight when knowing there was a high possibility I wouldn’t survive the storm. I am astonished at how smart and bright all of the children in this series are. I am astonished that they had the ability to think and put things together long before their years. These books have quickly become some of my favorites.
I look forward to reading the next book in the series very soon.
John is an eleven year old boy that has mover from Chicago to Dakota. They are getting ready for the winter when they have an early snowfall that shakes them all into work. They realize that winter is coming early and that it is going to be a harsh one. Everyone starts to get ready for the upcoming winter. The impending cold weather that is on it’s way. No one however, is prepared for the storm that is about to hit. No one is ready for the weather change and how bad things can and will get before it is all over.
John and his sister are at school when the worst storm hits. They are with their teacher and they are somewhat safe. They all have jobs, the students and everyone is helping the best they can and staying busy. Eventually three men from town show up and they help everyone into wagons and are going to get them to the local hotel to ride out the storm. A lot happens in the time they leave the school to when they are meant to arrive at the hotel.
I couldn’t imagine being in their situation. I couldn’t imagine having to use quick thinking. I couldn’t imagine thinking straight when knowing there was a high possibility I wouldn’t survive the storm. I am astonished at how smart and bright all of the children in this series are. I am astonished that they had the ability to think and put things together long before their years. These books have quickly become some of my favorites.
I look forward to reading the next book in the series very soon.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
informative
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
informative
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
A great book for young kids
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I found I Survived: The Children’s Blizzard, 1888 particularly interesting because it takes place in my area and I read it on the day of an April blizzard. Like in the book, the temperature rose to 50-60 degrees, and then the next day the winds picked up and it rained, hailed, rained, sleeted and then began to snow. It’s not an easy place to live and this book made me so grateful for modern conveniences! Children will enjoy it, too because it has a lot of action and perilous situations. Overall, this is one of the best I Survived books in the series (and it was fun to see an organization in my town thanked in the back of the book!)
A decent entry into the series, I felt that this book focused a little more on the lead up to the disaster than the actual disaster itself.
adventurous
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A