I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910 (I Survived #22) by Lauren Tarshis

I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910 (I Survived #22) by Lauren Tarshis

The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm.

But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three . . . six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after midnight on March 1, a lightning storm struck the mountain, sending a ten-foot-high wave of snow barreling down the mountain. The trains tumbled 150 feet. 96 people were dead.

The Wellington avalanche forever changed railroad engineering. New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tells the tale of one girl who survived, emerging from the snow forever changed herself.

Lauren Tarshis is the author of the I Survived series and the critically praised novels Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love, as well as the editor of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine and the group editorial director for language arts for Scholastic classroom magazines. Lauren Tarshis lives in Westport, Connecticut, and her website is www.laurentarshis.com.