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Karwoski, Gail, 1949-

Title Quake! : disaster in San Francisco, 1906 / Gail Langer Karwoski ; illustrated by Robert Papp.

Publication Info.	Atlanta : Peachtree, [2004]
	©2004

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department	J FICTION KARWOSKI	Check Shelf
East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department	JF KAR	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J KARWOSKI	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Fiction	J KARWOSKI GAIL	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Bibliography: page 153.
Contents	ch. 1. April 17, 1906 -- ch. 2. A house but not a home -- ch. 3. Disaster before dawn -- ch. 4. Aftershock -- ch. 5. South of Market -- ch. 6. Rescue -- ch. 7. Union Square -- ch. 8. Sweet and sour -- ch. 9. San Francisco in ruins -- ch. 10. Golden Gate Park -- ch. 11. Camp Flanagan -- ch. 12. Rats and ghosts -- ch. 13. A shirt story -- ch. 14. Keepin' spirits bright -- ch. 15. Waves of doubt -- ch. 16. The Warm, soft light of the campfire.
Summary	Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 6.0 78552.
Subject	Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Juvenile fiction.
	Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
	Jews -- United States -- Fiction.
	San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
	Immigrants -- Fiction.
	Dogs -- Fiction.
Added Author	Papp, Robert, illustrator.
ISBN	1561453102

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