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In 1911, a fourteen-year-old Italian girl named Lucy works at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City to provide money for her family. When fire breaks out in the locked-down factory, Lucy battles flames to save herself and her friend Rosie. Includes a historical note, a glossary, and critical thinking questions.

Global superstar Dwayne Johnson leads the cast as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in Hong Kong he finds the tallest, safest building in the world, The Pearl, suddenly ablaze, and he's been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family who is trapped inside the building, above the...

Reap the wild wind: Two sailors battle pirates and compete for the affections of a Southern belle in 1840s Key West. The spoilers: Adventure classic about gold and greed in an Alaskan boomtown during the 1890s. The war wagon: A rancher recruits a brash gunslinger and a raucous crew of misfits and readies them to pull off one of the most impossible heists of all time. Hellfighters: A demolition specialist battles a perilous oil-well fire and hopes...

"The year is 1864 and Atlanta, Georgia, has been set ablaze during the Civil War! Twelve-year-old Bailey is feeling nervous as the Union Army advances on Atlanta. While most people are fleeing the city, her family is not. Bailey's father works at a newspaper, and he must stay to report hte news. But when the Union Army arrives and sets fire to the city, her whole family is in danger. Will Bailey find a way to help protect her family as Atlanta burns...

Clara Bishop hasn't touched a piano since a concert hall fire nearly took her life a decade ago, ending her career as a rising star in the world of classical music. Significantly scarred and unable to play, she has turned away from everything and everyone associated with music, especially her ruthless mentor Madame, whom Clara blames for her injuries. Her life is upended when Madame dies, leaving Clara an unexpected inheritance: an ornate nineteenth-century...

"Early readers will learn how firefighters help in an emergency. This title highlights what firefighters do, where they work, and how they help the community."-- Publisher's website.

"On the morning of January 7, 2025, a message pinged the phone of Jacob Soboroff, a national correspondent for MS NOW. 'Big Palisades fire. We are evacuating,' his brother texted within minutes of the blaze engulfing the hillside behind the home where he and his pregnant wife were living. 'Really bad.' An attached photo showed a huge black plume rising from behind the house, an umbrella of smoke towering over everything they owned. Jacob rushed to...

"Created by the U.S. Forest Service in 1944 in reaction to forest fires being used as attacks during World War II, Smokey Bear has been guiding Americans through fire safety and preparedness for nearly eighty years. This American black bear known for wearing a pair of blue jeans and a forest ranger hat has found himself in classrooms, on stamps, in cartoons, on lunchboxes, in comic strips, and even as a giant balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day...

Little Bear lives happily in his cosy cave deep in the woods. He loves picking berries in the day, listening to the birds sing under his favourite tree in the evenings, and curling up comfily on his soft leaves to sleep each night. But when Bear wakes up one morning to find his beloved forest ablaze, he must make a quick escape, away from his cosy cave, friendly faces and the comforts he knows. He walks and walks in search of somewhere new to call...