The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

By Laurence Yep

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A gripping portrait of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Laurence Yep.

When the quake subsides, Chin and Henry and their families are lucky to be alive. But now they must escape the fires that have broken out and find their way to safety–before it's too late.

Based on actual events and told from the alternating perspectives of two young friends, The Earth Dragon Awakes is a suspenseful novel about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep.

Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN-13: 9780060008468
ISBN-10: 0060008466
Published on 3/25/2008
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 128

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this is a book about two families that are both in the the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.you will love reading this book and you won't want to put the book down and it will give u susspence.

I had not read much about this terrible event until I read this account. I loved the way the author wrote this story about two boys who were best friends who were caught in this earthquake. The author uses many similes and language that completely gives the reader such a sense that you are really there. It is well written and the chapters are short so it is an easy read.

this book was one of the best books I have ever read. I would reacamend it because it was about an earthquacke.

earth dragon awakes is really a great book.even know the people in the story aren't real the deatles are very good

i love the earth dragon awakes! it is about the earthquake of 1906 in SanFrancico. 2 families aerin danger! i love this book!

This is a great historical fiction about the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. The author does a good job describing the earthquake.

i really liked the earth dragons awakens because it explained how bad the earthquake was and explained what happened to two family's in one chapter a time that's why i like the earth dragon awakens.