![]() ![]() Separated from her parents, Lily must help her younger brother and neighbor escape San Francisco. Includes nonfiction backmatter, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.īook Synopsis 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. ![]() About the Book Just turned twelve, Lily is the oldest of the three children in her Chinese American family living in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hits her family has survived the quake, but as the city starts to burn Lily and her younger brother are separated from the others and must get to the safety of Oakland across the bay and hope that the rest of their family and friends are there waiting for them-but between the fire and the anti-Chinese violence it is not certain that any of them will survive. ![]()
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