I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Lauren Tarshis

Carmen the main character lives with her dad in Boston as Italian immigrants.  She basically has a normal life, goes to school, has a friend she hangs out with. So everything is fine until of course the molasses tank breaks and it floods Boston.  I enjoyed this book but did not love it, there was a bit of nonsense in the beginning. The book was in general kind of sad. Her life seemed to suck. 

I would recommend this book to third graders who want to see what the world was like when they weren’t alive. I would give this book 3 stars. It was cool to read, I just wouldn't sit and read these all day. To be honest if you liked this book you would probably like the other ones but then again I have only read this one. --Review by William C.