I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19)

I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived #19) by Lauren Tarshis

Some Italian immigrants in Boston live close to big molasses storage tank. They hear the sounds from the tank and sometimes taste the molasses before they are ushered away. The young girl's father has died, leaving her to live with some friends. She is worried she will be sent back to Italy. Then she gets caught in the molasses flood. She survives, and then finds out that her grandmother had come to see her. The actual flood event occurs quite quickly.  Most of the details of the flood are in the afterward. The company was found guilty for taking shortcuts in the storage tank set up. (They tried to blame it on a bomb, but that did not fly.)

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived #15) by Lauren Tarshis

A kid is with his cruel uncle. There is a slave boy that accidentally hurt the uncle. The boy takes the blame and runs off, eventually joining the American revolution around New york City in 1776. This short account explores some lesser known aspects of the American Revolution.

I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001 (I Survived #6)

The I Survved books are a series of fictional stories of people that experience some calamatis events in history. In this one, they witness the planes crashing into the twin towers in New York City. The kid has family in the fire department and gets a front door view of the terrorist act as well as the response.