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Brittany Lynn
NONFICTION 4-6
Title: I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919

Author: Lauren Tarshis

How would you describe the plot? The ugly tank, filled with sticky brown molasses, has always leaked. But nobody imagined that one day, it could explode apart, sending a tsunami of molasses into the streets. Caught in the flood, Carmen fought for her life and the life that she and her Papa built together in America.

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What is the main conflict? the tank of molasses exploding an
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