| Earthquake!: A Story of the San Francisco Earthquake Contributor(s): Kudlinski, Kathleen V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140363904 ISBN-13: 9780140363906 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 Annotation: In 1906, after the devastating earthquake hits San Francisco, twelve-year-old Phillip struggles to save the horses in his family's livery stable. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Horses |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92040034 |
| Lexile Measure: 540 |
| Series: Once Upon America |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5.03" W x 7.7" (0.14 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - San Francisco, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 9262 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 them--and himself--in time? |