Presents information on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake in a question-and-answer format, covering topics such as what it felt and sounded like, how people survived after the quake hit, and how long it took the city to recover.
A novelization of twenty-two-year-old photographer Edith Irvine's experiences in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, as seen through the eyes of fifteen-year-old Daisy, a fictitious traveling companion.
Detective Lindsay Boxer calls upon her friends in the Women's Murder Club for help when a series of seemingly unrelated killings jolt the San Francisco area, but the women soon find they are in over their heads, and even worse, have made themselves targets of the murderer.
Tom, a Chinese American boy in San Francisco, must band together with his friends to protect the magical phoenix, which has hatched prematurely, and fight a war to prevent the evil Vatten from taking over the world.
Recounts the true story of the 2005 rescue of a humpback whale that nearly drowned after becoming entangled in crab trap lines off the coast of San Francisco.
Presents an illustrated description of an earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and provides information on how earthquakes form and start, and how they can be predicted.
The author describes how he grew up as a Chinese American in San Francisco and how he came to use his writing to celebrate his family and his ethnic heritage.
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.
