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Series
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just turned twelve, Lily is the oldest of the three children in her Chinese American family living in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hits; her family has survived the quake, but as the city starts to burn Lily and her younger brother are separated from the others and must get to the safety of Oakland across the bay and hope that the rest of their family and friends are there waiting for them--but between the fire and the anti-Chinese violence...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
131 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This time Ranger, the time-traveling Golden retriever, finds himself in San Francisco in the middle of the great 1906 earthquake, and his mission is obviously to get a young Chinese immigrant, Lily Chen, to safety, but as they make their way through the ruined and burning city Ranger finds that he must also accomplish something else--finding Lily, who was sold as a servant by her parents--a new family who will care for her.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
It is 1906, and when her family is cheated out of their tavern, fourteen-year-old Minnie Bonner is forced to become a maid to the Sump family, who are moving to San Francisco--three weeks before the great earthquake.
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Series
Description
"A Leo le gusta ser rejpartidor de peri©đdicos en San Francisco. Necesita el dinero y el trabajo le proporciona, adem©Łs, la libertad de explorar la maravillosa ciudad que crece junto al nuevo siglo. Coches tirados por caballos comparten las calles con elegantes autom©đviles; familias y comercios, provenientes de todas partes, se instalan a diario en sus vecindarios. Es un lugar en el que todo parece posible. Sin embargo, una ma©łana de primavera,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
87 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"A Leo le gusta ser rejpartidor de periódicos en San Francisco. Necesita el dinero y el trabajo le proporciona, además, la libertad de explorar la maravillosa ciudad que crece junto al nuevo siglo. Coches tirados por caballos comparten las calles con elegantes automóviles; familias y comercios, provenientes de todas partes, se instalan a diario en sus vecindarios. Es un lugar en el que todo parece posible. Sin embargo, una mañana de primavera,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
155 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"The date is April 18, 1906. The city of San Francisco has just been rocked and shaken by a huge earthquake. Even worse, the quake causes huge fires to break out across the city. Can you escape your damaged home before it collapses? Will you join the firefighters as they try to save the city from the devastating fires? Will you be accused of looting after helping a boy escape from some rubble? With dozens of possible choices, it's up to YOU to survive...