san francisco (calif.)

When her family emigrates from the Philippines to San Francisco, California, fourteen-year-old Vicenza Arambullo struggles to fit in at her exclusive, all-girl private school.

Penryn discovers the angels' secret plans while searching for her missing sister and Raffe hunts for his wings.

After her vivacious twin sister dies, a shy teenaged girl moves with her parents to San Francisco, where she meets a magical seamstress who grants her one wish.

Fifteen-year-old Soli, nicknamed Shifty, keeps getting into trouble without trying, but as he strives to trust and be trusted, he grows in appreciation of his foster family and works toward putting his past behind him.

Nicholas Dray, an eleven-year-old orphan newly arrived in San Francisco from Texas, tries to help his new neighbors survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent fires.

Julie would like to be friends with Carla Warner, the new girl in her class, but Carla's increasingly outlandish stories and behavior lead her to believe the girl is either a liar or in real danger.

While trying to find a way for her elementary school to help fund the seabird rescue following an oil spill in the San Francisco Bay, Julie investigates the theft of rare guitar. Includes a "Looking Back" essay about benefit concerts in the 1970s.

Sid, a pigeon, takes up residence in the lower loop of the B on San Francisco's Bay Hotel sign, but he gets a terrible fright when he returns home one evening to find the sign, along with his companion, nest, and two about-to-hatch eggs, has been moved.

Jim teams up with his grandfather, who is known as the meanest man in Chinatown, to defeat a powerful demon.

In 1887, in a San Francisco populated by dogs, retired veterinarian Dr. Edward R. Smithfield and his friend, Mr. Samuel Blackthorne, attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of an unassuming accountant.