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Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906

Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906

Papp, Robert
Karwoski, Gail Langer

Paperback

General Juvenile FictionHistory

Publisher Price: $8.99

ISBN10: 1561453692
ISBN13: 9781561453696
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Published: Mar 7 2006
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.76 Depth: 9.56
Language: English
Awards: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
A boy and his dog navigate dangerous rubble, prejudices, and survival in this riveting fictional account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

It's before daybreak in San Francisco on April 18, 1906. Mourning the loss of his mother, thirteen-year-old Jacob Kaufman slips out of the cramped boarding house where he lives with his immigrant father and little sister Rosie. Why couldn't Papa just let him keep the stray dog--the one thing that has made him happy in months? But he forgets all his frustrations when the ground beneath his feet begins to rumble.

Buildings collapse, and the street splits wide open as Jacob runs for safety from a devastating earthquake. With just his dog, he embarks on a perilous search for shelter, food and water, and missing loved ones while grappling with his Jewish traditions and fighting prejudices against a new Chinese friend.

In Gail Langer Karwoski's stirring fictional account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, young readers will relive the drama of the actual event and its devastating aftermath. An author's note carefully separates fact from fiction, giving young readers a glimpse into one of the worst earthquakes in modern history.

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