Quake! : disaster in San Francisco, 1906

Title
: 
Quake! : disaster in San Francisco, 1906

Personal Author EPSB
: 
Gail, Karwoski

Summary
: 
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.

Year Published
: 
2004

Physical Description
: 
153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition
: 
1st ed.

Note
: 
This title may be found in the Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Purple System Choice Library Grade 5 Level T kit.

Contents
: 
ch. 1. April 17, 1906 -- ch. 2. A house but not a home -- ch. 3. Disaster before dawn -- ch. 4. Aftershock -- ch. 5. South of Market -- ch. 6. Rescue -- ch. 7. Union Square -- ch. 8. Sweet and sour -- ch. 9. San Francisco in ruins -- ch. 10. Golden Gate Park -- ch. 11. Camp Flanagan -- ch. 12. Rats and ghosts -- ch. 13. A shirt story -- ch. 14. Keepin' spirits bright -- ch. 15. Waves of doubt -- ch. 16. The Warm, soft light of the campfire.

Grade Interest level
: 
7-10.

Subject
: 
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
 
Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
 
Immigrants -- Fiction.
 
Dogs -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
: 
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Added Author
: 
Papp, Robert,

Summary
: 
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.

ISBN
: 
9781561453696
 
9781561453108

Publisher
: 
Atlanta : Peachtree, ©2004.


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