I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived Graphic Novel #11 Hardcover)

(W) Lauren Tarshis, Georgia Ball (A) Dave Shepard. One of the strangest disasters in U.S. history is brought to vivid life in this graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Great Molasses Flood* 1919* with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Karen De La Vega. It's been four years since Carmen and Papa moved from Italy to Boston. Life here is exciting* but not always easy. And then there's the massive metal tank that rises up over their crowded North End neighborhood. The ugly tank* filled with sticky brown molasses* has always leaked. But nobody imagined that it could one day explode apart* sending a tsunami of molasses into the streets. Caught in the flood* Carmen must fight for her life -- the life that she and Papa built together in America. But where will she find the strength?