"Harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction--and, against all odds, survival"--P. [4] of cover.

Each story is followed by facts related to each disaster.

Children's Blizzard, 1888 --Titanic disaster, 1912 -- Great Boston molasses flood, 1919 -- Japanese tsunami, 2011 -- Henryville tornado, 2012.