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The Night the Chimneys Fell

From the Series On My Own History

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 4
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Something isn’t right in New Madrid, Missouri. Nine-year-old Marie sees hundreds of birds flying across the sky like a black cloud. The animals in the barn are restless. Then, early in the morning of December 16, 1811, an earthquake strikes. Chimneys across town tumble to the ground. Can Marie and her family find their way to safety?

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978-0-7613-5191-7
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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 4
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand On My Own Books
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Publication Date 2009-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 1.9
Reading Counts! Points 3.0
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007020, JNF051160, JNF025200
Dewey [E]
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Lexile 530
Guided Reading Level M
ATOS Reading Level 3.1
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 127351
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Afterword, Author/Illustrator note, Bibliography/further reading, and Teaching Guides