Lily and the great quake : a San Francisco earthquake survival story /
Lily & the great quake
by Veeda Bybee ; illustrated by Alessia Trunfio.
- 102 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Girls survive .
Just turned twelve, Lily is the oldest of the three children in her Chinese American family living in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hits; her family has survived the quake, but as the city starts to burn Lily and her younger brother are separated from the others and must get to the safety of Oakland across the bay and hope that the rest of their family and friends are there waiting for them--but between the fire and the anti-Chinese violence it is not certain that any of them will survive.
4.2 3-6 530L Lexile S Fountas
9781496587169 9781496592170 1496587162 1496592174
2019048065
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Juvenile fiction. Chinese American families--California--San Francisco--Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction. Earthquakes--California--San Francisco--Juvenile fiction. Fires--California--San Francisco--Juvenile fiction. Survival--Juvenile fiction. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906--Fiction. Chinese American families--Fiction. Chinese Americans--Fiction. Family life--Fiction. Brothers and sisters--Fiction. Earthquakes--California--Fiction. Fires--California--Fiction. Survival--Fiction. Race relations--Fiction. Prejudices--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction. San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction. California--Fiction.