The I Survived Series

In this first book of the historical fiction I Survived series, ten-year-old George Calder does not want his first-class journey on the greatest ship in the world to end, but in the middle of the night, he is told to put on a life jacket.

In this second book of the historical fiction I Survived series, ten-year-old Chet Roscow does not believe that swimming in a little New Jersey creek would be dangerous, until he sees a gray fin.

In this third book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Barry Tucker creates a superhero, whose courageous power he wishes for when he is swept away by a flood in New Orleans.

In this fourth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Danny Crane had just moved to Hawaii, away from the dangerous, gang-controlled streets of New York City, when he sees an enormous group of planes headed toward him.

In this fifth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old orphan Leo Ross pretends to be a ghost to scare a couple of thieves, but then, the ground beneath him begins to shake.

In this sixth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Lucas Calley catches a train into Manhattan, hoping that his fireman uncle could help him continue playing football, but then, he sees a plane flying really low.

In this seventh book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Thomas runs away from a plantation and ends up helping Union soldiers fight for his freedom on a Pennsylvania battlefield.

In this eighth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Ben Kudo is visiting his uncle in the tiny fishing village of Shogahama, when he sees a huge wave coming toward him.

In this ninth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Max Rosen is in a Polish forest, hiding from Nazis, when planes start to fly by and drop bombs.

In this tenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Marcus, trying to escape his life as a slave in the Roman Empire, is halfway up Mount Vesuvius, when he hears rumbles and hisses.

In this eleventh book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Oscar Starling, newly arrived in the city nicknamed the "Queen of the West," chases a thief into a house, where he is trapped by flames.

In this twelfth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Dexter James is riding with a storm-chasing scientist, when a flash of lightning inside a cloud reveals an enormous, rotating wind that's headed straight for his Missouri hometown.

In this thirteenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Hugo Ballard is on the German airship that is about to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey, when an explosion knocks him off his feet.

In this fourteenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends go into a Washington forest to look for proof of a legendary Skeleton Woman and end up shaken.

In this fifteenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Nathaniel Fox runs away from home and finds himself in the middle of the Battle of Brooklyn.

In this sixteenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old John Hale is skating outside his schoolhouse in Dakota Territory, when he sees a big, dark cloud moving very fast across the land.

In this seventeenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Melody Vega — who usually enjoys the peaceful summer nature of Montana's Glacier National Park — encounters an enormous bear that smashes the window of her family's cabin.

In this eighteenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Paul Colbert is on a cliff in Normandy, France, helping the resistance blow up Nazi cannons, when the Allied battleships begin firing on Omaha Beach.

In this nineteenth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, twelve-year-old Carmen Grasso finds her horse licking Boston's giant leaky molasses tank just before an explosion.

In this twentieth book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Josh Wallace is visiting relatives who live in the middle of a forest, when terrified animals race by, warning of the flames moving toward them.

In this twenty-first book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Charlie Miller, briefly swallowed by a wall of water at the beach, does not quite believe the weather office's statement that it's impossible for more powerful winds and waves to reach their island city in Texas.

In this twenty-second book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old orphan Janie Pryor is carrying stolen jewels to Seattle, Washington, when blizzards throughout the state strand the train, right below a mountain.

In this twenty-third book of the historical fiction I Survived series, eleven-year-old Jackson Barrett, toughened by living in the Alaskan bush, suddenly starts to shake when he is in town.