Chasing secrets
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2015].
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
ISBN
9780385742535, 0385742533, 9780375990632, 0375990631, 9780385742542, 0385742541
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Lexile measure
540L
Rating
540L
Status
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Published
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2015].
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385742535, 0385742533, 9780375990632, 0375990631, 9780385742542, 0385742541
Lexile measure
540
Notes
General Note
"A deadly surprise in a city of lies"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276).
Description
San Francisco, 1900. The Gilded Age. A fantastic time to be alive for lots of people... but not thirteen-year-old Lizzie Kennedy, stuck at Miss Barstow's snobby school for girls. Lizzie's secret passion is science, an unsuitable subject for finishing-school girls. Lizzie lives to go on house calls with her physician father. On those visits to his patients, she discovers a hidden dark side of the city -- a side that's full of secrets, rats, and rumors of the plague. The newspapers, her powerful uncle, and her beloved papa all deny that the plague has reached San Francisco. So why is the heart of the city under quarantine? Why are angry mobs trying to burn Chinatown to the ground? Why is Noah, the Chinese cook's son, suddenly making Lizzie question everything she has known to be true? Ignoring the rules of race and class, Lizzie and Noah must put the pieces together in a heart-stopping race to save the people they love.
Target Audience
540L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 92 (very high),Semantic demand: 100 (very high),Syntactic demand: 76 (high),Structure demand: 88 (very high),Lexile
Target Audience
Ages 9-12.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,3.7,7,175458.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Chinese Americans -- California -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Plague -- Juvenile fiction.
Quarantine -- Juvenile fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Plague -- Juvenile fiction.
Quarantine -- Juvenile fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Choldenko, G. (2015). Chasing secrets (First Edition.). Wendy Lamb Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-. 2015. Chasing Secrets. New York: Wendy Lamb Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-. Chasing Secrets New York: Wendy Lamb Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Choldenko, Gennifer. Chasing Secrets First Edition., Wendy Lamb Books, 2015.
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