Books like Molasses flood by Blair Lent
On a warm January day, a molasses tank in front of Charley's house on Boston’s waterfront explodes. The sudden surge of sticky liquid carries the house away, sweeping it through the streets of the city in a chaotic, Riverside journey.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Blair Lent
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