I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

2012 • 112 pages

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The terrifying details of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake jump off the page!

Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally -- and he finds himself stranded in the middle of San Francisco as it crumbles and burns to the ground. Does Leo have what it takes to survive this devastating disaster? The I SURVIVED series continues with another thrilling story of a boy caught in one of history's most terrifying disasters!

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I Survived

I Survived is a 25-book series with 24 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Lauren Tarshis.

I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
The Shark Attacks of 1916
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001
I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
The Japanese Tsunami, 2011
I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944
I Survived The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011

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This was fine. It honestly seemed more like a story about surviving bully newsies* than surviving the earthquake, but the earthquake also happened.

* by which I mean newsies who are bullies, not newsies who are “bully!” in Theodore Roosevelt's usage

March 1, 2016