Kate and the City of Fire: A Great Fire of London Graphic Novel

by Amy Rubinate, Alessia Trunfio (Illustrator)

Overview

Country girl Kate is excited about her first time visiting London, a trip to sell apples with her grandfather and little sister Lizzie in early September, 1666. But the excitement soon gives way to fear as a fire quickly spreads through the city. When Grandfather is forced to be part of a fire brigade, Kate is left alone to keep Lizzie and their horse and buggy safe. Can Kate fight off thieves and avoid the walls of flames to reach safety once again? Part of the Girls Survive Graphic Novel series, Kate and the City of Fire brings a defining historical event to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781669012948
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2023
Series:	Girls Survive Graphic Novels
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	1,100,296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	GN460L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Amy Rubinate is an award-winning audiobook narrator, director, and producer. Amy has written articles for the SCBWI blog Kite Tales, worked as a screenwriter and lyricist for Bay Area children’s program Duck, Duck Goose, and reviewed audiobooks for AudioFile Magazine. She earned an MFA in Writing for Children from Hamline University.

Alessia was Born in southern Italy in 1990 but she grew up in Rome, where she still lives. She has wanted to be an illustrator since she was a child. After a Degree in the Animation course of the International School of Comics based in Rome in 2013, Alessia has worked as Background Artist for some of the most important roman animation studios. She currently works as a freelance artist on various Animation and illustration projects.

Interviews

With more than 200,000 copies sold, the Girls Survive series makes history personal by allowing readers to experience survival through a fictional character;