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.
Traces the life of a twelve-year-old Jewish boy Zev Tsukerman, whose family moved to the United States from Odessa in the Soviet Union. Photographs capture the warmth of Zev's family and the faith that led them to a new life in America.
In San Francisco in 1906, a black sabino trolley horse senses that something terrible is about to happen, but stays calm and helps others survive the devastating earthquake.
When two young strangers meet by chance on the day of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, they struggle to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos.
The author describes how he grew up as a Chinese American in San Francisco and how he came to use his writing to celebrate his family and his ethnic heritage.
