I Survived the Black Death , 1348By: Lauren Tarshis Series: I Survived The Black Death was a pandemic of unimaginable proportions, taking the lives of 75 200 million people worldwide. Lauren Tarshis's story of one girl surviving the plague pulses with terror, action, and hope. In this gripping story about the first wave of the plague, I Survived readers will travel to medieval England a time of knights and peasants; cathedrals and castles when the most deadly disease in world history