The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Contributor(s): Yep, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060008466 ISBN-13: 9780060008468 Publisher: HarperCollins
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2008 Annotation: The Newbery Honor author ("Dragon's Gate") offers a gripping portrait of the 1906 earthquake that shook San Francisco, based on actual events and told from the alternating perspectives of two young friends. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 8-12 |
Grade Level: 3-7 |
Lexile Measure: 510(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.1" W x 7.4" L (0.20 lbs) 128 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Ethnic Orientation - Chinese - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Locality - San Francisco, California - Cultural Region - Northern California |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 106102 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Over the years the earth has moved many times under San Francisco. But it has been thirty-eight years since the last strong earthquake. People have forgotten how bad it can be. But soon they will remember. Based on actual events of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and told from the alternating perspectives of two young friends, the earth dragon awakes chronicles the thrilling story of the destruction of a city, and the heroes that emerge in its wake. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yep, Laurence: - Laurence Yep is the acclaimed author of more than sixty books for young people and a winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. His illustrious list of novels includes the Newbery Honor Books Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate; The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee; and The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island, which he cowrote with his niece, Dr. Kathleen S. Yep, and was named a New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing" and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book. Mr. Yep grew up in San Francisco, where he was born. He attended Marquette University, graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and received his PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife, the writer Joanne Ryder. |
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