The Great Fire

by Jim Murphy, and published by Scholastic Press

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"Jim Murphy's riveting narrative of the 1871 Chicago fire thrusts the reader into the center of the raging conflagration. He weaves eyewitness accounts of the disaster with factual and social commentary, period photographs, etchings, and maps into memorable nonfiction writing."

Awards Won

Title Year
John Newbery Medal 1996 - Honor(s)