Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story
(Girls Survive)

Author

Veeda Bybee

Illustrator

Alessia Trunfio

Publication Date

January 01, 2020

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / 4^th − 5^th

Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story (Girls Survive)

Paperback

Hardcover

Description

Lily is a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl living in San Francisco's Chinatown when an earthquake destroys her home and sets her neighborhood on fire. Separated from her parents, Lily must help her younger brother and neighbor escape San Francisco. As the city burns, Lily struggles to keep her group close as they face peril and racism. Will Lily be reunited with her parents and make it across the bay to the safety of Oakland? Readers can learn the real story of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake from the nonfiction backmatter in this Girls Survive story. A glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts are also provided.

Publication date

January 01, 2020

Classification

Fiction

Page Count

ISBN-13

9781496587169

Lexile Measure

530

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Stone Arch Books

Series

Girls Survive

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

History
Brothers and sisters
20th century
Race relations
California
Survival
Historical fiction
San Francisco (Calif.)
Prejudices
Fires
Earthquakes
Chinese Americans
San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 19
Chinese American families
Ethnic conflict