The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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 th…
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