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• Children of the Fire

  Robinet, Harriette Gillem

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  11-year-old Hallelujah saves herself and others during the Great Chicago Fire. Fiction. Recommended for kids.

• Emmi in the City

  a Great Chicago Fire Survival Story

  Alikhan, Salima,

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  Emmi searches for her family as fire blazes through Chicago. Fiction. Recommended for kids.

• Fiery Night

  a Boy, His Goat, and the Great Chicago Fire

  Walker, Sally M.,

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  Justin Butterfield and his pet goat, Willie, flee the fire. Fiction. Recommended for kids.

• The Great Chicago Fire

  a Cause-and-effect Investigation

  Regan, Michael, 1946-

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  Learn how the fire might have started, why it spread and how Chicago building codes changed forever. Nonfiction. Recommended for kids.

• The Great Chicago Fire

  Rising From the Ashes

  Hannigan, Kate,

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  Two siblings and their puppy escape the Great Chicago Fire in this colorful graphic novel. Fiction. Recommended for kids.

• The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

  Olson, Kay Melchisedech

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  Discover the true story of the Great Chicago Fire in this vibrantly illustrated graphic novel. Nonfiction. Recommended for kids.

• The Great Fire

  Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022

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  Did Mrs. O'Leary's cow really start the Great Chicago Fire? Go behind the scenes and see first-hand photographs, maps and survivor accounts of what really happened that way. Winner of the 1995 Newbery Honor award. Nonfiction. Recommended for kids.

• I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

  Tarshis, Lauren,

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  Escape the Great Chicago Fire with Oscar Starling. Fiction. Recommended for kids.

• Sparky

  Klimo, Kate,

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  Fight the Great Chicago Fire with Sparky, the Maxwell Street Fire Station's heroic dalmatian. Fiction. Recommended for kids.

• What Was the Great Chicago Fire?

  Pascal, Janet B.,

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  Learn all about the history of the Great Chicago Fire in this entry of the wildly popular What Was? series. Nonfiction. Recommended for kids.

• When We Caught Fire

  Godbersen, Anna,

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  Chicago socialite Emmeline must choose between her childhood friend Anders and her wealthy fiance Freddy as the Great Fire spreads through the city. Fiction. Recommended for teens.