Natural+Disasters

Murphy, Jim //Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America//. Scholastic, 2000. The book is about a blizzard that devastated the Northeastern United States in 1888. The reading level is ages 11 and up. The book received the Robert F. Sibert Honor Award for Nonfiction and the Jefferson Cup Award. - (SW)

Murphy, Jim //The Great Fire//. Scholastic, 1995. The book is about the Chicago fire of 1871. The story looks at the events and the aftermath through the eyes of the survivors. The reading level is ages 9 and up. The book is a Newbery Honor Book. - (SW)