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New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis provides a bird's-eye view of one of America's most ghastly accidents ever to be captured on film, the Hindenburg disaster of 1937. In May of 1937, the Hindenburg a massive German airship, caught fire while attempting to land in New Jersey, killing thirty-five people. Lauren Tarshis's latest thrilling addition to the New York Times bestselling I Survived series features an eleven-year-old boy in the middle of this historic disaster.



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Lauren Tarshis

Lauren Tarshis often wonders how she came to spend most of her waking moments thinking about disasters, as the author of the children's historical fiction series "I Survived." Each book takes readers into the heart of history's most thrilling and terrifying events, including the sinking of the Titanic, the Shark Attacks of 1916, Hurricane Katrina, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco earthquake, 9/11, the Battle of Gettysburg and many more. Lauren conducts extensive research to bring her topics to life. She has traveled to most of the locations where her books are set. Her goal is to open readers' eyes to new chapters in history and to inspire them with stories of hope and resilience. Lauren is also the author of the the award-winning Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, and is the editor of Storyworks Magazine. For more information about Lauren, go to www.LaurenTarshis.comTo learn more about Storyworks, www.scholastic.com/storyworksAnd check out the I Survived Website: www.Scholastic.com/ISurvived



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