It's 1906, and strict immigration laws have divided Han Liu's family. His mother and sister are in China, while he and his father live in San Francisco, California. Han resists his father's attempts to teach him traditional Chinese values. Han is an American, after all, and he'd rather read The Adve
Earthquake!: A Story of the San Francisco Earthquake
β Scribed by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
- Book ID
- 111267168
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- Once upon America
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781101174296
- ASIN
- B0031PXE2M
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β¦ Synopsis
An hour before dawn on April 18, 1906, Phillip is awakened by the barking of dogs and the fearful whinnying of his father's horses. Moments later, San Francisco is struck by a tremendous earthquake. As walls buckle and bricks rain down on them Phillip's family struggles to escape from their own home. Then he remembers the horses. Can Phillip save themβand himselfβin time?
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