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Start with I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 and continue through all 24 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916
Book 2 by Lauren Tarshis • Published 2010
Ten-year-old Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle’s New Jersey town when reports of shark attacks along the coast reach Matawan Creek. A summer of pranks turns deadly as Chet comes face to face with a g...
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Ends with I Survived the Black Death, 1348
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Book 2:I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916
Lauren Tarshis • 2010
Ten-year-old Chet Roscow is finally feeling at home in his uncle’s New Jersey town when reports of shark attacks along the coast reach Matawan Creek. A summer of pranks turns deadly as Chet comes face to face with a g...
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Book 3:I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
Lauren Tarshis • 2010
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Book 4:I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Lauren Tarshis • 2011
Eleven-year-old Barry Tucker is stranded in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hits and his family can’t evacuate. When the levees fail and floodwaters smash through his neighborhood, Barry is torn from his parents an...
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Book 5:I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
Lauren Tarshis • 2011
New York city kid Danny Crane is just getting used to life in Hawaii when Japanese planes roar over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Separated from his mother in the chaos, he races through burning streets to find he...
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Book 6:I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Lauren Tarshis • 2012
Newsboy Leo loves roaming the steep streets of booming San Francisco—until an early-morning earthquake rips the city apart. Trapped among collapsing buildings and raging fires, Leo and two friends must rely on quick t...
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Book 7:I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001
Lauren Tarshis • 2012
Football-obsessed Lucas skips school to visit his Uncle Benny at a New York City firehouse on a bright September morning. When planes strike the World Trade Center, Lucas is swept into the unfolding disaster and must...
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Book 8:I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
Lauren Tarshis • 2012
In 1863, Thomas and his little sister Birdie escape the Southern farm where they were enslaved and fall in with a Union regiment marching toward Pennsylvania. At Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, Thom...
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Book 9:I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011
Lauren Tarshis • 2013
Still grieving his father’s death, Ben travels with his family to his dad’s seaside hometown in Japan. When a massive earthquake and tsunami strike, Ben is swept away from everyone he loves and must draw on his father...
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Book 10:I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944
Lauren Tarshis • 2014
Jewish siblings Max and Zena Rosen escape their Polish ghetto in 1944, running into forests patrolled by Nazi soldiers. Taken in by resistance fighters, they face bombings, hunger, and betrayal as they struggle to sta...
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Book 11:I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
Lauren Tarshis • 2014
In bustling Pompeii, Marcus feels sure the rumbling beneath Mount Vesuvius means trouble, even when most neighbors shrug it off. When the volcano finally erupts, hurling ash and rock over the city, Marcus and his fath...
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Book 12:The Great Chicago Fire, 1871
Lauren Tarshis • 2015
On a visit to booming Chicago in 1871, young Oscar expects excitement—not walls of flame devouring the wooden city. As the Great Fire roars through crowded streets, he and a new friend race across burning bridges and...
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Book 13:I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011
Lauren Tarshis • 2015
Eleven-year-old Dex eagerly joins storm chaser Dr. Gage for what he thinks will be a thrilling science adventure. When an EF5 tornado tears through Joplin, Missouri, their high-tech SUV is no match for the storm, and...
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Book 14:I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster, 1937
Lauren Tarshis • 2016
Hugo Ballard boards the luxurious airship Hindenburg with his sick little sister, hoping a quick trip to America will save her life. When delays, secrets, and a sudden explosion collide over New Jersey, Hugo has secon...
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Book 15:I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980
Lauren Tarshis • 2016
Eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe thinks the scariest thing in the Washington woods is a campfire legend about a witch. Then Mount St. Helens erupts for real, turning the forest into a storm of ash and rock as Jess fight...
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Book 16:I Survived the American Revolution, 1776
Lauren Tarshis • 2017
After fleeing his cruel uncle in 1776, eleven-year-old Nathaniel Fox stumbles into General Washington’s struggling army outside New York. As British forces close in for the Battle of Brooklyn, Nate must decide how far...
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Book 19:I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888
Lauren Tarshis • 2018
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Book 20:I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967
Lauren Tarshis • 2018
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Book 22:I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919
Lauren Tarshis • 2019
Twelve-year-old Carmen has already survived an earthquake and ocean wave back in Italy when she starts a new life in Boston’s North End. Nothing prepares her for the day a giant molasses tank explodes, sending a stick...
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Book 23:I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944
Lauren Tarshis • 2019
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Book 24:I Survived The California Wildfires, 2018
Lauren Tarshis • 2020
Visiting his cousin Holly in the California hills is supposed to distract Josh from family troubles back home. When bone-dry forests erupt into a fast-moving wildfire, the cousins have minutes to outrun exploding tree...
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Book 25:I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900
Lauren Tarshis • 2021
Charlie feels lucky to live in glittering Galveston, Texas, where people insist a major hurricane could never strike. On September 8, 1900, a monstrous storm proves them wrong, and Charlie must brave surging water and...
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Book 26:I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910
Lauren Tarshis • 2022
Snow traps two trains high in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, where passengers wait day after day for the tracks to clear. For one young girl, the endless blizzard turns deadly when a midnight avalanche rips the train...
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Book 27:I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964
Lauren Tarshis • 2023
Eleven-year-old Jackson Barrett thinks he knows how to handle Alaska’s wildness, until the Great Alaska Earthquake rips his coastal town apart. Swallowed by a crack in the ground and battered by aftershocks, he must r...
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Book 28:I Survived the Black Death, 1348
Lauren Tarshis • 2024
In 1348 England, peasant girl Elsie dreams of becoming a warrior like her archer father. After she and her friend Humphrey uncover a chest of stolen treasure, a mysterious illness sweeps into their village, and Elsie...
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I Survived FAQ
What is the best order to read the I Survived series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916.
How many books are in the I Survived series?
There are 24 books currently listed in the I Survived series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the I Survived series?
New readers should start with I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916, the first book in the reading order.
Is the I Survived series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears possibly ongoing and spans releases from 2010 to 2024.