san francisco (calif.)

In 1906, in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake, Edward searches for the mischievous stray dog with which he has fallen in love.

In mid-1860s San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Aiden gains a hoped-for chance at a change in fortune when he wins a ship in a poker game, but soon he is involved in Peru's savage guano trade and the exploitation of its Chinese workers.

While on vacation in San Francisco, Flat Stanley meets a girl who asks for his help performing a trick, to escape from Alcatraz.

A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counter-strike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.

"In the idyllic hill country of Sri Lanka, a young girl grows up with her loving family; but even in the midst of this paradise, terror lurks in the shadows. When tragedy strikes, she and her mother must seek safety by immigrating to America. There the girl reinvents herself as an American teenager to survive, with the help of her cousin; but even as she assimilates and thrives, the secrets and scars of her past follow her into adulthood. In this new country of freedom, everything she has built begins to crumble around her, and her hold on reality becomes more and more tenuous. When the past and the present collide, she sees only one terrible choice."--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.

Although the Ashley girls control Miss Gamble's Preparatory School for Girls, Lauren Page is determined to rise above them despite her bargain-basement clothes.

A new website mysteriously appears ranking all the popular girls at Miss Gamble's School for Girls on their style, social presence, smarts, and smile. Lauren sees a way to get to the top of the list putting all the Ashleys in jeopardy.

In 1919, seventeen-year-old Hattie leaves the Montana prairie--and her sweetheart Charlie--to become a female reporter in San Francisco.