"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. Includes nonfiction backmatter, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts"--OCLC.
year: 2020
call number/section: 1000, 920
subjects: san francisco earthquake and fire, calif., 1906, fiction, chinese american families, san francisco, brothers and sisters, earthquakes, fires, survival, ethnic conflict, chinese americans, race relations, prejudices, siblings, survival skills, historical fiction, san francisco (calif.), history, 20th century, fiction, historical fiction, juvenile fiction, family life, california, juvenile fiction, california
Editions
Bybee, Veeda
When the 1906 earthquake shakes San Francisco's Chinatown, twelve-year-old Lily must help her brother and neighbor survive the resulting fires.
Schools: 6
Bybee, Veeda
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint (2020)
"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. Includes nonfiction backmatter, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts"--OCLC.
Schools: 9