Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.
Days after arriving in San Francisco from Texas, eleven-year-old orphan Nicholas Dray tries to help his new neighbors survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent fires.
When a new website throws the popular clique into a tailspin, each of the girls reacts in a different way, some hoping to escape the popularity race, others hoping to get into it, and one trying to prove there is only room for one at the top.
on a peaceful spring morning, disaster strikes San Francisco
Tanaka, Shelley
2004
Presents the story of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 through the experiences of four survivors from different walks of life, and includes photos, artifacts, diagrams, and informative sidebars.
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.
Mimi, Papa, Christina, and Grant fly to San Francisco on a pleasure trip; but their relaxing vacation turns into a mystery that takes them through Chinatown and Alcatraz Prison.
When Shannon and her friends conduct a book drive in their San Francisco neighborhood in 1880 to benefit the new library, they must solve a mystery quickly.