Lauren Tarshis
Get to know Lauren Tarshis, the author behind the New York Times best-selling I Survived series.
Lauren Tarshis
Lauren Tarshis's New York Times best-selling I Survived series tells stories of young people and their resilience and strength in the midst of unimaginable disasters and times of turmoil.
Tarshis has brought her signature warmth and exhaustive research to topics such as the battle of D-Day, the American Revolution, Hurricane Katrina, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and other world events.
She lives in Connecticut with her family, and can be found online at laurentarshis.com.
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Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck: He and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to explore, but when George ventures into the first class storage cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever.
Seventy years later, the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers.
The horror of Hurricane Katrina is brought vividly to life in this fictional account of a boy, a dog, and the storm of the century.
History's most exciting and terrifying events come to life in these stories of amazing kids and how they survived.
The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox knelt behind a rock, his gun clutched in his shaking hands. Nate had been heading to New York City to find his father. But now he was trapped in a terrible gunfight between American and British troops.
The battle of D-Day, one of history's most exciting and terrifying events, comes to life in this amazing story of survival.