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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
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"'My father disappeared on a Tuesday that should've been like any Tuesday, but eventually became the Tuesday my father disappeared.' Tired of living in Limbo, Callie finally decides to investigate her father's disappearance for herself. Maybe there was an accident at the construction site that he oversaw? Maybe he doesn't remember who he is and is lost wandering somewhere? But after seeing a familiar face in a photo from the Great San Francisco Earthquake...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from poverty in Chinatown, and she gains admittance to a prestigious finishing school through a mix of cunning and bribery. She soon discovers that getting in was the easiest part, and must carve a niche among the spoiled heiresses. When the earthquake strikes on April 18, Mercy and her classmates are forced to a survivor encampment, but her quick-witted leadership rallies them to help in the tragedy's...
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.
Author
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
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...