In 1918, fourteen-year-old Daisy's family has fallen on hard times. Her sister Elsie's fiance was recently deployed to fight in World War I, and her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the U.S. entrance into the war. When the Spanish Flu arrives in her small town in Minnesota, Daisy tries to shield her loved ones from the devastating illness. As the influenza pandemic sweeps through the nation, can Daisy protect those closest to home? Featuring nonfiction support material, a glossary, and reader response questions, this Girls Survive story takes readers to one of history's most important moments.

Fourteen-year-old Daisy Meyer is angry and frustrated with her world: her German American town, New Ulm, is under surveillance, her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the United States' entry into World War I, her beloved older sister Elsie's fiancé is deployed to France, and she deeply resents her stepmother--but worse is coming, because this is October 1918, and influenza is about to descend on her home and family, and it is not certain who will survive.

Experience history's most fearsome events through the eyes of diverse young heroines at the heart of the survival action. Fourteen-year-old Daisy cares for her family as they face the 1918 flu pandemic. Lily, a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl, must keep her little brother safe after an earthquake destroys San Francisco in 1906. Twelve-year-old Mary and her Cherokee family face disease, violence, and harsh weather after being forced out of their home in 1838 by the U.S. government. And thirteen-year-old Noelle is determined to save her new friend when the doomed Titanic begins to sink. Part historical fiction, part adventure story, this collection of Girls Survive stories draw in readers with strong characters and gripping action! Titles include: Daisy and the Deadly Flu: A 1918 Influenza Survival Story Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story Noelle at Sea: A Titanic Survival Story

The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.

Includes a note from the author, a glossary and discussion questions.

It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can no longer work--but this is March twenty-fifth, and Lucy will soon be fighting for her life as fire sweeps through the locked down factory trapping the workers inside.

It is June first and twelve-year-old Mary does not really understand what is happening: she does not understand the hatred and greed of the white men who are forcing her Cherokee family out of their home in New Echota, Georgia, capital of the Cherokee Nation, and trying to steal what few things they are allowed to take with them, she does not understand why a soldier killed her grandfather--and she certainly does not understand how she, her sister, and her mother, are going to survive the 1000 mile trip to the lands west of the Mississippi.