Paperback, 112 pages
English language
Published by Candlewick.
Worlds Afire
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In this collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 170 people, mostly women and children.
Subjects
- Poetry (Young Adult)
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
- Historical - General
- Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General
- Poetry - General
- Children's poetry, American
- Connecticut
- Fires
- Hartford
- Juvenile poetry
- Poetry