I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 Quotes

“There would be more storms ahead, John knew. But somehow they’d all made it through the blizzard. Whatever was coming, they would face it. Maybe that’s what it meant to be a pioneer.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

“was so scared I wet my pants!”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

“But in America’s small towns, life hadn’t changed much in a hundred years. There were few roads. Most people were farmers. Kids worked alongside their parents, and went to one-room schools. Toilets were outside, pits dug in the ground.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

“The Children’s Blizzard. Because at least one hundred of the people who died were schoolchildren”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

“It turned out that not all of those poems were so boring.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

“On and on they went.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

“Miss Ruell was still covered with snow. She was untying a rope that was knotted around her waist. John realized she must have tied the other end to something in the schoolhouse.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

“Because at least one hundred of the people who died were schoolchildren.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

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― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888