I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived #7) (7)

We have several of these “ I survived “ books, and my son loves to read them. He has read many that are available at our local library and remains interested in the series. I ordered a copy of this one because we are taking a trip to Gettysburg this summer and I thought it would be good way to teach him a little of the history before our trip. Good price for a little paperback. I read it myself last night. I enjoyed the story, but be prepared for a bit of violence. I guess it’s hard to avoid when you’re telling the story of the bloodiest battle of the Civil war.

I bought these with my 3rd grade and 1st grade daughters in mind. Yes, they've enjoyed them (perfect for grades 2-4 or so) but my kindergarten and preschool sons have totally loved them, as well. These are fictional accounts based upon true events, and my sons particularly enjoy these stories read aloud, over and over again. We will definitely purchase more of the collection.

I liked this book because it talks about the hard times during the Civil War. I like the entire series and enjoy how she talks about history in all of her books. The story starts off with two kids named Thomas and Birdie. They are on a plantation in the South and they decide to run away after hearing two men talking about buying Thomas. Thomas decides to run away with his sister to avoid being separated from her. As they are running away, they find two rebel soldiers holding captive a union solder. Thomas decides saves the union soldier by throwing a skunk that sprays the rebel soldiers in the eyes. The union Soldier then takes Thomas and Birdie back to his camp where his fellow soldiers are stationed. Thomas and Birdie start helping the union soldiers out with their needs. After two days have passed, the union soldiers marched to Gettysburg Pennsylvania for the big battle. Thomas and Birdie are told to stay at the camp with some of the union soldiers. Thomas asked the union soldier delivering supplies if he could come help deliver the amo to the union soldiers at battle. Once they arrive, their wagon is shot by a cannon and Thomas is forced to run out into the middle of the gunfire to escape. Thomas is hit by a stray bullet trying to run into the woods back to camp. After the battle is over some of the union soldiers find Thomas and carry him back to base. Thomas survives because of a tiny book that was given to him by the union soldier he saved. It was in his left shirt pocket when he was shot. This is a great way for kids to learn how helping others could benefit them in the future, while learning about some historical facts.

I bought this for my son during our home school sessions. I read ahead of time, and could not put it down! Lauren Tarshis's writing style makes history come alive for young readers, and it is entertaining for adults as well. There are bonuses in the book as well. My 9 year old loves these stories

Like how it gives over information about subjects in a fun way. I dislike history growing up but gaining so much knowledge reading these with my 8 year old

My Sara graders have gotten into the I survived series and it is open their eyes to history places and what events were like a bit graphic but still an excellent read

I bought my nine year old daughter the full series and she loves the books. She has read them all two to three times and shares them with her classmates as they take turns taking them home to read. She talks about the events all the time and how amazing it is that the people survived and has intrigued her interest more with the types of natural disasters that occur and incidents of mass casualty such as the sinking of the Titanic. Great books.

My kid loves these books

This is the newest book in the "I Survived" series and my students could not wait for me to order it. Just like the others, my fourth graders get lost in the story and experience history through the eyes of characters they can relate to in one way or another. I appreciate any book that can get a nine year old to curl up on a bean bag and get lost in its pages.

My grandson loved it had it read in 1 day

We have several of these “ I survived “ books, and my son loves to read them. He has read many that are available at our local library and remains interested in the series. I ordered a copy of this one because we are taking a trip to Gettysburg this summer and I thought it would be good way to teach him a little of the history before our trip. Good price for a little paperback. I read it myself last night. I enjoyed the story, but be prepared for a bit of violence. I guess it’s hard to avoid when you’re telling the story of the bloodiest battle of the Civil war.

I bought these with my 3rd grade and 1st grade daughters in mind. Yes, they've enjoyed them (perfect for grades 2-4 or so) but my kindergarten and preschool sons have totally loved them, as well. These are fictional accounts based upon true events, and my sons particularly enjoy these stories read aloud, over and over again. We will definitely purchase more of the collection.

I liked this book because it talks about the hard times during the Civil War. I like the entire series and enjoy how she talks about history in all of her books. The story starts off with two kids named Thomas and Birdie. They are on a plantation in the South and they decide to run away after hearing two men talking about buying Thomas. Thomas decides to run away with his sister to avoid being separated from her. As they are running away, they find two rebel soldiers holding captive a union solder. Thomas decides saves the union soldier by throwing a skunk that sprays the rebel soldiers in the eyes. The union Soldier then takes Thomas and Birdie back to his camp where his fellow soldiers are stationed. Thomas and Birdie start helping the union soldiers out with their needs. After two days have passed, the union soldiers marched to Gettysburg Pennsylvania for the big battle. Thomas and Birdie are told to stay at the camp with some of the union soldiers. Thomas asked the union soldier delivering supplies if he could come help deliver the amo to the union soldiers at battle. Once they arrive, their wagon is shot by a cannon and Thomas is forced to run out into the middle of the gunfire to escape. Thomas is hit by a stray bullet trying to run into the woods back to camp. After the battle is over some of the union soldiers find Thomas and carry him back to base. Thomas survives because of a tiny book that was given to him by the union soldier he saved. It was in his left shirt pocket when he was shot. This is a great way for kids to learn how helping others could benefit them in the future, while learning about some historical facts.

I bought this for my son during our home school sessions. I read ahead of time, and could not put it down! Lauren Tarshis's writing style makes history come alive for young readers, and it is entertaining for adults as well. There are bonuses in the book as well. My 9 year old loves these stories

Like how it gives over information about subjects in a fun way. I dislike history growing up but gaining so much knowledge reading these with my 8 year old

My Sara graders have gotten into the I survived series and it is open their eyes to history places and what events were like a bit graphic but still an excellent read

I bought my nine year old daughter the full series and she loves the books. She has read them all two to three times and shares them with her classmates as they take turns taking them home to read. She talks about the events all the time and how amazing it is that the people survived and has intrigued her interest more with the types of natural disasters that occur and incidents of mass casualty such as the sinking of the Titanic. Great books.

My kid loves these books

This is the newest book in the "I Survived" series and my students could not wait for me to order it. Just like the others, my fourth graders get lost in the story and experience history through the eyes of characters they can relate to in one way or another. I appreciate any book that can get a nine year old to curl up on a bean bag and get lost in its pages.

My grandson loved it had it read in 1 day

My son absolutely loves this series of "I survived " he always wants more books and tells us about them in great detail the excitement that these books bring out of him is awesome. Well written and we look forward to new ones as they come out.

My 8 year old son absolutely loves these books! They've gotten him to love history and ask questions. He wants to learn more. We have had fantastic conversations after reading this series! Highly recommend!

These "I Survived" books were the only ones my son would read. The are short, easy to read and action pact so beloved them. I loved they hooked him on reading and he was retaining all of the historical information. He has now moved on to other series, but these were the turning point.

Oh wow this is great information I think I'm suppose to learn this when I'm older but thanks to I survived series! I'm only 10 and I already bought ALL of your series! I probably only read this series for about a month and I bought all your series NONE of them were bad! I learned so much War 1 and 2 were good Titanic was good Shark attacks were good Tsunami was good Hurricane Kartina was good Eruption of Pompeii was good California wild fire was good EVERYTHING was GREAT Hope you make more and more series Like 150 series I'll buy all =Þ

Bought this for a Christmas gift

My grandson enjoys history, so anything I can find on the things he likes to study and read about I get him. We took a trip 2 years ago to my home state, Pa, and we went through Gettysburg. He enjoyed this book since we went through the battlefield and he could identify with it.

My sons, ages 9 & 10, love this entire series. I was concerned at first~ they're written about such important and tragic events~ but they are very well written for children. I highly recommend. These book have gotten my boys to LOVE to read.

The whole family can enjoy history with these books.

My granddaughter eats these up like I did with the Nancy Drew series when I was young. I had never heard of this series but my granddaughter can't put these down. She loves adventure and mystery and survival. Apparently these books provide it all.

I purchased all 9 books separately (it was more cost effective than buying the set as a whole). Looking forward to the August release of book 10. My child is not one who enjoys reading but boy oh boy does my child like this set.

My son LOVES all of these books, so I am always sure to order them, even if they are way below his reading level at this point. He loves history and this whole series is fantastic about putting a face on and personal story to each event. Highly recommend!!

my preteen loved this series; now he just hopes the author writes another one. we checked out most of them from our local library but would be a great purchase for a home book collection. thanks for great preteen literature

My 9 year old granddaughter loved this book and became interested in the history of the Civil War. Awesome.

I buy these books for my Grandson ages 8 & 9 and they love the books. I buy many things and pass them back and forth between the boys, but they love these books so much I bought the entire series for each boy.

Nephew loves these books. I keep getting him more and he keeps devouring them. And he usually is NOT a fan of reading so that's saying something.

Wr wonderful book to read aloud in a classroom setting. Kids enjoyed.

My 4th grade 9-yr. old is simply doting on this series. She has read the entire batch thus far and this Gettysburg title is one of her favorites so far. Keep writing these, please, Ms. Tarshis!

I read this to my daughters (ages 6 and 8) in preparation for a trip to Gettysburg. It was a good introduction to the Civil War, and it held their interest. I had a couple issues with it. There was a bit of white saviorism going on. The book portrayed the Union soldiers as all being strong abolitionists and fighting for the cause of ending slavery so that children like Thomas and Birdie could be free and go to school with white children. I am no historian, but I'm doubtful that is an accurate portrayal. I did appreciate how the book acknowledged some of the atrocities of slavery in a way that my children were able to understand...families being separated really resonated with them. One final annoyance I had was that these children came from Virginia and had apparently never seen or heard of snow. We live in the middle of VA and have snow every winter...my kids were like, "what, they don't know what snow is?" and it kind of took away the credibility of the story. Thomas and Birdie finally got to experience snow once they had been taken in by a nice white family in Vermont...SMH.

My 2nd grader loves this series! He was excited to get this book for Christmas.

It was a gift for my 10 yr old son, he loved it.

Good

My son is 9 and loves this whole series - I will be buying more. Best part for me as a parent is that they are based of true historical events. Win Win.

I bought this book to add to my 8 year old sons collection of "I Survived" books. I love the idea that he's reading about actual historical events from his perspective (child's eye).

My daughter wanted to read this book she lives it

The boys in my classroom love this series. I love buying them because I know they are going to be read and my students get to enjoy historical fiction.

The story is based upon facts about the Battle of Gettysburg. You fall in love with the characters and get involved with the book. It is a good book.

I love the "I Survived" books! My 8 year old loves to read them and I like that he is learning about real life events.

We enjoyed reading this book.

As expected

All of my students love these books. They love for me to first read it to them, then they check them out theirselves over and over again.

My 12 yr old grandson normally does not like to read, but he tears through these books; loved this one as much as the others in the series.

granddaughter is going to love it....Christmas gift!!

Granddaughter devoured it in one day and loved it. She has read all of the series now and enjoyed learning the history in an entertaining way that she will remember.

My grandson chose this book and was very happy to receive it. All Scholastic books are great reading and learning tools. Win, win.

My whole game enjoyed the book. Easy reading and a good story in it.

My boys love the "I Survived" series books. They give them a really good first hand account of historical events.

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This book is a fabulous must read book! The whole series is wonderful and inspires kids to study history! Love it!

Arrived on time as it was a gift for my Kid. Loved it.

Good book.

This book is fun reading, yet teaching real historical facts. My son is reading all of the "I Survived" books

I love that my grandson loves these books. It is great to know they are getting the history while reading a story.

Great informative book for curious kids.

Another book in the series, another success especially for your reluctant readers. In fact, I've had to purchase more than one copy.

Perfect!

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This is an awesome book written from a young slave boys perspective during the civil war. I highly recommend this

These books are great historical fiction. My five and seven year old grandsons want me to read these books at one sitting...they are that good!

Love this series - such a great way to get young readers to spend less time on video games and tv.

Son likes these books.

My eight year old reads every single one of these and got his cousin reading them too.

awesome!

Purchased for my grandson to add to his collection...He loves these books!!

Nephew loved this book

I'm so glad that I purchased these I Survived books for my 10 year old son. He was not interested in reading at all until he read his first I Survived book; now, he's hooked on reading!

my children love these books. i will keep getting them as long they keep coming out

This was a Christmas gift for my grand daughter. She is reading all the I Survived books I bought.

Our grandson loved it

Accurate description and wonderfully prompt and quick delivery!!

These are really good books for my pre-teen son. He loves History and really enjoys the I Survived series of books. Great but!

Arrived on time, with great price

grandson loved it

My 9 year old loves this series!

My 12 year old loves this book series!

My grandson is 8 and has read all of the I Survived books and wishes there were more.

Grandson loves the book

Used for Historical fiction

My son loves this series!

a gift

One eleven year old read this and had us all interested. After ordering a couple more copies our four grandchildren asked to go to Gettysburg! We are booked to go!

Gift

great read for my9yr old grandson

A gift to my granddaughter.

My son loves these books!

My son is Autistic yet high functioning and he loves this whole series! Great read! Going to buy the while series soon!

my son loved it!

great gift

Son loves this series

This is one from a set of great book for school reading! It has interesting content and keeps you excited from the first to the last page

He loves it although this series can be a bit graphic... make sure to read the excerpts if possbile. Thanks

History for the young.

My son is a 5th grader who loves non-fiction. I was so glad when he discovered this series. He wants all of them!

I am a teacher and use this so my children can read about real life incidents that happened. I have the complete series and several duplicates. The kids always want more.

My granddaughter loves the "I Survived" series!

My son is not excited about reading just anything. He loves the I Survived series. They are great historical fiction. This was a good value.

A must read book! This series of books are amazing for kids. Real life survival stories that kids can understand.

I got this book for my son. He has read every one of the I Survived books and loves them!

This was my 8 year olds favorite from all the I Survived books.

loved it

I thought this book was excellent. It was filled with just enough suspense to keep you reading. It's a great book for elementary school children.

My son loved this book! Could no stop talking about it!!

Perfect way for your kids to learn about historical events while relating to a fictional character experiencing them! Our 11,9 and 7 year old kids love and obsess over these books!

my son loved all of these books and has read several of the series. I will order more for him.

Loved the story of Birdie and Thomas - great for a fourth grader reading about the Civil War. If a 10-year-old could give it 1 million stars she would .

I liked this book. A nice, fast, easy read. I especially liked the author's story and q and a at the end. Highly recommended.

I'm reading on my Kindle along with my 11 year old grandson who lives almost 200 miles away from me. History and fiction combine make for an easy read for me. We read the Battle of Gettysburg first and I was amazed. These books are giving him history lessons and firing up his love of reading higher than ever. I believe Ms. Tarshis has hit the ball out of the park for young readers!!!

Something as complicated as war can be very difficult to write about, especially for a young audience. Tarshis does a nice job of presenting a brief look at a key battle of the Civil War for child readers. I found it interesting that she chose to tell the story from the eyes of a young runaway slave boy and his sister. The I Survived series is a great series for reluctant readers because the stories move quickly while still providing historical background and this book is no different. Once Thomas and his sister runaway and join up as camp followers with the Union army on its way to Gettysburg things really move along providing not only a historical story but an adventure story. The only problem I had with the book is how easily Thomas and his sister were accepted by the Union soldiers. In reality, their treatment would most likely have varied greatly from the friendly to the bigoted. And traveling through the North would have been difficult as well despite the outlawing of slavery. And educating black children with white children that's a whole other issue altogether. However, I understand why the author chose not to address these issues since they weren't the main point of the story. Overall, a good read that children are sure to enjoy.

it has detal some how she made this like it is a life story it has intrest and history this is a book thar your kids shood

My daughter became interested in the "I Survived" series because her 2nd grade teacher read the book to the class. (She wanted the book for her own and wanted to start "a collection".) Because the second graders had not been introduced to "History" yet, the book served as a great introduction, especially for children who think the world revolves around them! :) I have to say, my daughter was "on fire" for these books and can't get enough. It was great to see the excitement in her eyes - like a new world was opened to her! This book was written as fiction, from the eyes of a slave boy who, with his sister, gets away from slavery and falls into the arms of the a Union regiment. He shares his experiences on the battlefield and the story has a very happy ending. The bloody battles are not too detailed for children, however, they get a taste of the Civil War. My daughter didn't know anything about this war between the states, but is now interested in it and in History. It's a great book for any age. She is now reading "I Survived" the Attacks of September 11, 2001. It has opened a great discussion about that event in our household - happening only 3 years before my daughter was born. We're now going on Youtube looking for that day's News Reports and the Air Traffic Controller's recordings of those moments...It's extremely important for kids to learn about these subjects to make sure that our future generations don't let history repeat itself!

I chose this rating because the book was amazing. I liked every part of the book and at points it got my attention but it was really good. I would recommend this book to a person who likes to read surprising books and want to know about things that they never knew that happened. This book series is a great series because of all the action and adventure. People should read this book to feel what it would have been like in the civil war and feel what it would have been like in the civil war.

This book is one of the FlickerTale nominees this year and I have been reading it to my 3 rd grade classes. They have been sitting totally engrossed in the book. I like the feature of the kindle reading app I got to use while reading this book to so many classes, multiple bookmarks.

Lauren Tarshis is one of my favorite authors because her books get strait into the action whith out too much descriptions and boring information at the beginning. I also like her books because they are based on true facts and are very interesting to read, I have read all of her books and I encourage her to write more.

This book does a great job explaining the civil war and gives many great details... I loved this book and would definitely recommend it!

My son had to read for school. He left his book in school so I purchased this online. I think this will be the way to go from now on. He liked the book. Easy reading.

It had the Gettysburg address at the end :) Yay yay yay hooray for I survived hooray for Lauren tarshis

Excellent book for a 10 yr old boy to learn about Civil War, slavery, and Gettysburg while being entertained. We couldn't put it down!

My 11 year old son got this book on his Kindle for a book report. He enjoyed reading it, as he finished it in about 2 hours, and it was understandable. I would recommend it for a child to read.

Great reading for children! School assignment for Historical Fiction went quickly with this great, attention holding story. Very enjoyable and age appropriate for elementary level readers.

Meh. I am a history geek and often will read books that are Gettysburg or Civil War related. I understand this book is written for kids, but I feel that this story needs more meat to it, and the story line jumps around a lot. So, if your kid loves history and wants an easy read, this is a good book to have. But if you're a history geek and want a book with a bit more of a story line to it, move on.

My daughter LOVES the I Survived series! Every night she asked me to put another on her Kindle. She is running out of books! She is in 4th/5th grade.

My son loves this series and he reads them so fast. Its great to find a book series that my kid loves and motivates him to read and read.

Excellent product that was delivered ahead of schedule--would buy from seller again.

All of the I Survived series are historically accurate, very well written, and holds the reader's attention, be s/he 8 or 65.

I didn't like when the author said in the book when they lost birdie and found the doll which was covered with blood this detail really scared me and should not be in a children's book. I like when the author said in the book that when Henry the character said to Thomas and birdie that Henry's sweetheart (Mary) was going to teach Thomas and birdie to read and write. I liked this fact because a lot of African American people could not read or write so the kids are so lucky to get to learn to read and write. I love the I survived books because they give a lot of facts that I did not know and the story relates to a kid that experiences this event. Thank you Mrs.Tarshis for writing I survived books and keep writing I am so excited to read them all. Thank you so much for tacking your time to read this. Next I am going to read the bombing of the Pearl Harbor!!!! P.S I am not a hater I just want to tell you things that were on my mind!!!! From your #1 fan Lilly!!! Have a merry Christmas!!! THANK YOU

and I love them for him because he is learning about history while being entertained. He read this one completely through on a car trip up to the mountains!

Umm..that was interesting I really don't think a tin could save you from a bullet but overall the book was great

This I survived book about the Gettysburg war. I m glad that I was not born in 1865! I was so sad that so many soldiers had lost there lives. I m glad president Lincoln ended slavery. It's horrible that slaves would be beaten and could learn to read or write. That s not fair or right. So please purchase this book and know about all this sad and happy moments in this book. You won't regret getting this book!!!

This is a very surprising book with some sadness I recommend this book to people who like adventure and excitement

My granddaughter loved to read this book and forgot the world around her. It was difficult for her to have a break.

We love all the books in this series. This one is especially good and touching. An emotional read for all of us.

Good historical references and solid story telling. A little graphic in the battle scenes but it is about war. My son read it twice in one weekend

This is a good kids book. Very easy reading and engaging. I would recommend the entire series to young readers.

My daughter and I enjoyed reading this book and learning about the Civil War together. So glad they have great books like this for kids to read.

I chose this rating because if you read it you would know I don't like that it has the word BLOOD in it so much but I like how it can help kids when they are doing a report on the battle of Gettysburg I recommend this book to John-Micheal Sheperd

This book is amazing. It is short but AWESOME. I read the full story in one night. This book totally deserves a five star review!! The best part is when Thomas gets shot and is saved by a book. I mean seriously, he's saved by a book for heaven's sake.

It is a great book! Creative. And you get all these details about the battles the Union army faced with some touches that include the character's!

I Usually don't like history but these books make it fun and like your actually there I wish my history teacher would read these

Great Book

This Is a good book. It is only a reasonable 104 pages and is very interesting. I would recommend this book for kids ages 9 to 12. You should get this.

I enjoyed this book because it is a good piece to use with young children when teaching about the Civil War.

My son prefers non-fiction to anything else. These books are so good, he can't put them down! He wants all of the books!

This was a wonderful book. I couldn't put it down from the beginning. I hope my 5th graders can get as much from it as I did. The author did an amazing job at providing enough fact and fiction to make it very enjoyable. Don't neglect the chapters after the story. I found them very helpful as well.

Great book by the fabulous Lauren Tarshis and her vast knowledge of all things disastrous! This book surprisingly managed to cover the many aspects of the civil war while maintaining a breathtaking plot! Kids my age (11) are sure to enjoy! :) :) :)

I loved this book these book I love I learned so much about it And I know some new people like Harriet Tubman

interesting

Great series to give kids a taste of history so they want to learn more!

I loved this book because it was action packed and was based on true events. Probably wouldn't of liked it if it was Non fiction. So I liked that she uses different characters but about the same events.

Granddaughter loves this book and the other ones too.

Great book really hooks you and keeps you wanting more. I like the way with these books you all ways want to keep reading

Great story!

This book is the best one that I have read, I might have skipped a few but in my opinion it is the best. I was reading this for a project and once I read it I was impressed.

I love this!! And the whole series!! You should really read these books!! It has so many facts about the civil war

I read this book with my 10 year old daughter. We both enjoyed it. I would recommend this book for all children.

This book was really cool . I like it because it brings u back in time the most amazing time in history...

Very interesting. You can learn many questions that no one could ever answer. Very detailed on every page for very picky reader

Lauren I'm a huge fan and u rite great books but this is one of it your best like I said BEST BOOK EVER

The book was a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to everyone. Simple, yet captivating through out

I reAlly like this book because I really wanted to learn about Gettysburg so I recommend this book for you

It was a good series and Lauren tarshis is a very good writer and she writes really good books and she is writes the best books.

I HIGHLY recommend this book to anybody who likes great historical fiction and for a good price!!! <("_)> It's real good

Loved this book. Easy reading and so well written. The characters are interesting and so is the history. I look forward to reading several of other books in series.

My son loves this series and I do to. It gives historical facts of the events. Great read. Keeps kids involved in history.

Great story