Lily and the Great Quake

Lily and the Great Quake
Author: Veeda Bybee
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496587170

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.

Tummy Rumble Quake

Tummy Rumble Quake
Author: Heather L Beal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2017-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780998791227

Join Lily, Niko, and their classmates at Forest Childcare, as they practice for the Great ShakeOut and learn all about what earthquakes are and how to stay safe if they experience one. Includes discussion questions and activities.

Paperquake

Paperquake
Author: Kathryn Reiss
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2002-03-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0547543352

Violet's paralyzing fear of the San Francisco earthquakes changes when her family renovates an old building. An aftershock dislodges a letter addressed in 1906 to Baby V--and Violet is certain the disturbing letter is intended for her.

Can You Survive the Great San Francisco Earthquake?

Can You Survive the Great San Francisco Earthquake?
Author: Ailynn Collins
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2022
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1666323594

"The date is April 18, 1906. The city of San Francisco has just been rocked and shaken by a huge earthquake. Even worse, the quake causes huge fires to break out across the city. Can you escape your damaged home before it collapses? Will you join the firefighters as they try to save the city from the devastating fires? Will you be accused of looting after helping a boy escape from some rubble? With dozens of possible choices, it's up to YOU to survive one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded."--

Noelle at Sea

Noelle at Sea
Author: Nikki Shannon Smith
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496582519

Thirteen-year-old Noelle feels like the luckiest girl in the world to be cruising the Atlantic aboard the famed Titanic. The trip is made even better by her new friend, Pauline, a girl who is traveling with her father to live in America. The girls spend the first days of the journey exploring, but on the fifth night, Noelle awakes to a sinking ship. Women and children will be rescued first, and Noelle realizes motherless Pauline will be left all alone. Despite her parents' wishes, Noelle breaks away from her family to find and help her friend. Nonfiction information, a gloassary, and reader response questions make up the back matter of this Girls Survive story.

Escape from the Great Earthquake (Ranger in Time #6)

Escape from the Great Earthquake (Ranger in Time #6)
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2017-06-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545909856

Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, helps two new friends survive the Great San Francisco Earthquake! Ranger travels to San Francisco and meets Lily Chen. She was sent from China to America to work as a young servant, but she dreams of studying to be a doctor. When the Great Earthquake hits, Ranger arrives in time to rescue Lily from falling beams in the mission house where she lives. Together they flee to safety, stopping to help another girl, May Wong, save her little brother from the family's collapsed market. Lily and May try to make their way through the ruined city with Ranger at their side. But can they escape crumbling buildings and raging fires, all while facing anti-Chinese discrimination?

Tara and the Towering Wave

Tara and the Towering Wave
Author: Cristina Oxtra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2020-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496597621

When her mother announces a holiday vacation to Thailand, Tara isn't thrilled. She'd rather stay home with her friends, but Mom is determined they use the girls' trip to explore their Thai heritage. Tara is reluctant to travel so far from home, especially to a country she doesn't feel connected to. But then disaster strikes. The day after Christmas, a massive tsunami sweeps through Phuket, Thailand. Tara's resort vacation suddenly becomes a fight to survive - and find her mother in the wreckage.

Mary and the Trail of Tears

Mary and the Trail of Tears
Author: Andrea L. Rogers
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496587146

It is June first and twelve-year-old Mary does not really understand what is happening: she does not understand the hatred and greed of the white men who are forcing her Cherokee family out of their home in New Echota, Georgia, capital of the Cherokee Nation, and trying to steal what few things they are allowed to take with them, she does not understand why a soldier killed her grandfather--and she certainly does not understand how she, her sister, and her mother, are going to survive the 1000 mile trip to the lands west of the Mississippi.

Lily's Mountain

Lily's Mountain
Author: Hannah Moderow
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2017
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0544978005

Unable to believe their father died while climbing Mount Denali, twelve-year-old Lily and her older sister, Sophie, climb the mountain in order to rescue him.

Li on Angel Island

Li on Angel Island
Author: Veeda Bybee
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2020-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496598679

When nine-year-old Li, her mother, and brother Puck arrive from China at Angel Island immigration center in 1921, Li fears she will be deported for failing the tests. Includes historical notes and glossary.