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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
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
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On Valentine's Day, two major earthquakes strike San Francisco within the same hour, devastating the city and its primary entry points, sparking fires throughout, and leaving its residents without power, gas, or water. Among the disparate survivors whose fates will become intertwined are Max, a man who began the day with birthday celebrations tinged with regret; Vashti, a young woman who has already buried three of the people she loved most. but...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
350L
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
5) Aftershock
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"There's a body crushed under a load of pipes on a San Francisco construction site, and medical examiner Dr. Jessie Teska is on call. So it's her job to figure out who it is--and her headache when the autopsy reveals that the death is a homicide staged as an accident. Jessie is hot on the murderer's trail, then an earthquake sends her and her whole city reeling. When the dust clears, her case has fallen apart and an innocent man is being framed. Jessie...
Author
Series
I survived volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
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
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Henry and nine-year-old Chin love to read about heroes in popular "penny dreadful" novels, until they both witness real courage while trying to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
14) Earthquake
Author
Series
Survival! volume 2
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When two young strangers meet by chance on the day of the San Francisco earthquake, they struggle to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos.
15) Earthquake
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
A young Chinese-American girl and her family move their belongings from their home in Chinatown to the safety of Golden Gate Park during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 provides the background for this romantic novel. "Melora Cranby, nineteen and doubtful that marriage with rich Quentin Seymour will bring true happiness, returns from a trip east to find her home a shambles ... and now Melora must get out and work to repair the damage. So, far that matter must Quentin... In the year that follows the young people see each other in a new light."
Author
Series
History mysteries volume 18
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
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.
18) Forgiven
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Kula never expected to find herself on the streets of San Francisco, alone except for a letter of introduction. She had come to save her father from a cruel fate. But soon she is swept up in a world of art and elegance, a world she would hardly dared dream of back in Montana where she was no more than the daughter of an outlaw.. And then there is the handsome David Wong. When disaser strikes and the wreckage threatens all she holds dear, Kula realizes...
Author
Series
I survived volume 5
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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,...
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