Title: The school's on fire!
Description: Written for the 60th anniversary of the blaze that changed American fire laws, The School's on Fire! follows the path of the December 1958 fire that killed 92 kids and 3 teachers at Chicago's Our Lady of the Angels School. Recounted in a fast-paced, blow-by-blow, classroom-by-classroom narrative, the tragedy is made accessible by focusing on the survivors' stories of courage, quick thinking, and luck.
Subjects: Our Lady of the Angels School (Chicago, Ill.), Fires, Fire, 1958, Juvenile literature, Chicago (ill.), history, Chicago (ill.), juvenile literature
Places: Illinois