Today I started reading it with a tutoring client over Zoom and she loved it. She was extremely disappointed when our session was done. So of course I went to see if there were other books in the series. There are quite a few!
And, as I'm working on compiling them, I'm still finding more and more.
Here are some notes. I have tried to put them in order based on when the historical events happened (but without seeing the interior of the books):
Ancient China
by Terry Collins - J 931 COL
Building the Great Wall of China
by Allison Lassieur - J 951 LAS
Ancient Egypt
by Heather Adamson - J 932 ADA
2550 BCE (pyramid builders), mummy makers, Cleopatra
Ancient Greece
by William Caper - J 938 CAP
Athenian, Spartan
Ancient Rome
by Rachael Hanel - J 937 HAN
Life as a Gladiator
by Michael Burgan - J 796 BUR
Could You Escape the Tower of London?
by Blake Hoena
The Middle Ages
by Allison Lassieur - J 940.1 LAS
1100s, 1200s, 1300s
Life as a Knight
by Rachael Hanel - J 940.1 HAN
Crusades, Hundred Years' War, Peasants' War
Life as a Viking
by Allison Lassieur - J 948 LAS
The Golden Age of Pirates
by Bob Temple - J 910.4 TEM
1680s, 1690s, 1710s
Exploring the New World
by Melody Herr - J 970.01 HER
1492 Columbus, 1540 Coronado, 1682 La Salle
The Aztec Empire
by Elizabeth Raum - J 972 RAU
Colonial America
by Allison Lassieur - J 973.2 LAS
1645 Virginia, 1759 Massachusetts, 1774 Pennsylvania
The Salem Witch Trials
by Matt Doeden - J 133.4 DOE
The Boston Massacre
by Elizabeth Raum - J 973.3 RAU
apprentice to a wigmaker, British soldier, John Hancock's maid
The Battle of Bunker Hill
by Michael Burgan - J 973.3 BUR
Patriot soldier, British soldier, Boston civilian
Fighting for Independence
by Blake Hoena - J 973.3 HOE
The Revolutionary War
by Elizabeth Raum - J 973.3 RAU
Patriot spy, Patriot soldier, Loyalist
Spies of the American Revolution
by Elizabeth Raum - J 973.3 RAU
At the Battle of Yorktown
by Eric Mark Braun - J 973.3 BRA
Building a New Nation
by Allison Lassieur
Could You Escape the Paris Catacombs?
by Matt Doeden
The Battle of the Alamo
by Amie Jane Leavitt - J 976.4 LEA
Westward Expansion
by Allison Lassieur - J 978 LAS
The Oregon Trail
by Matt Doeden - J 978.02 DOE
The California Gold Rush
by Elizabeth Raum - J 979.4 RAU
Chinese Immigrants in America
by Kelley Hunsicker - J 973 HUN
mine for gold, build the railroad, settle in San Francisco's Chinatown
Building the Transcontinental Railroad
by Steven Otfinoski - J 385 OTF
Chinese laborer, Irish laborer, engineer for the Central Pacific
The Underground Railroad
by Allison Lassieur - J 973.7 LAS
slave, slave catcher, conductor on the Underground Railroad
The Civil War
by Matt Doeden - J 973.7 DOE
battle of Gettysburg, battle of Chancellorsville, siege of Vicksburg
Spies of the Civil War
by Michael Burgan - J 973.7 BUR
At the Battle of Bull Run
by Eric Mark Braun
At the Battle of the Ironclads
by Matt Doeden
At the Battle of Antietam
by Matt Doeden - J 973.7 DOE
The Story of Juneteenth
by Steven Otfinoski - J 305.8 OTF
Can You Survive the 1865 Sultana Disaster?
by Eric Braun
to be released January 2023
Can You Survive the Schoolchildren's Blizzard? [1888]
by Ailynn Collins - J 977 COL
Can You Survive the Johnstown Flood? [1889]
by Steven Otfinoski - J 974.8 OTF
Can You Survive the 1900 Galveston Hurricane?
by Jessica Gunderson
Can You Survive the Great San Francisco Earthquake? [1906]
by Ailynn Collins - J 979.4 COL
Can You Survive the 1910 Big Burn?
by Ailynn Collins
to be released January 2023
The Child Labor Reform Movement
by Steven Otfinoski - J 331.3 OTF
mill worker, factory worker, newsie
Orphan Trains
by Elizabeth Raum - J 362.7 RAU
Ellis Island
by Michael Burgan - J 304.8 BUR
Russian, Italian, German
German Immigrants in America
by Elizabeth Raum - J 973 RAU
Texas, Dakota Territory, Wisconsin
World War I
by Gwenyth Swain - J 940.3 SWA
Spies of World War I
by Michael Burgan - J 940.4 BUR
The Sinking of the Lusitania
by Steven Otfinoski - J 940.4 OTF
The Titanic
by Bob Temple - J 910.9 TEM
Can You Survive the Titanic?
by Allison Lassieur - J 910.9 LAS
Can You Survive the 1918 Flu Pandemic?
by Matthew Manning
to be released January 2023
Can You Survive the 1925 Tri-State Tornado?
by Matthew Manning
to be released January 2023
Building the Golden Gate Bridge
by Blake Hoena - J 624.2 HOE
bridge designer, laborer
Building the Empire State Building
by Allison Lassieur - J 974.7 LAS
assistant at the architecture firm, construction worker, water boy
The Harlem Renaissance
by Allison Lassieur - J 974.7 LAS
1919, 1920s, 1927
The Great Depression
by Michael Burgan - J 973.91 BUR
march on Washington, ride the rails, become a member of the CCC
The Dust Bowl
by Allison Lassieur - J 978.032 LAS
stay in Kansas, leave for California, work as a government photographer
Could You Escape Alcatraz?
by Eric Mark Braun
WWII
by Elizabeth Raum - J 940.53 RAU
Marine at Pearl Harbor, sailor at D-Day, enlisted man on the "Bismark"
World War II Spies
by Michael Burgan - J 950.54 BUR
Stealing Nazi Secrets in World War II
by Elizabeth Raum - J 940.54 RAU
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
by Allison Lassieur - J 940.54 LAS
World War II Pilots
by Michael Burgan - J 940.54 BUR
World War II Infantrymen
by Steven Otfinoski - J 940.54 OTF
World War II Navy Forces
by Elizabeth Raum - J 940.54 RAU
The World War II Soldiers' Experience
by Michael Burgan, Steven Otfinoski, and Elizabeth Raum - J 940.54
World War II on the Home Front
by Martin William Gitlin
Space Race
by Rebecca Stefoff - J 629.4 STE
The Korean War
by Michael Burgan - J 951.9 BUR
The Race to the Moon
by Allison Lassieur - J 629.4 LAS
scientist, reporter, member of Mission Control
The Civil Rights Movement
by Heather Adamson - J 323.119 ADA
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
by Michael Burgan - J 324.62 BUR
If anyone has any of these titles and can enlighten me more on the years and the starting paths, I would appreciate it. I did my best based on the snippets of information in the reviews. I had great fun reading through them.
Since all the reviews emphasize that these books are great for reluctant readers, I may get some of them for my classroom! They are also all either in the stacks at our local public library or available through interlibrary loan.
UPDATE:
The people at Capstone Press have done a lot with this format. There's a whole Modern-Day Survival series (think, can you survive storm chasing), a Prehistoric Survival series (think, can you survive the Jurassic Period), a Doomsday Survival series (think, can you survive a global blackout), and even Ancient Greek Mythology and Ancient Norse Mythology!
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