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Earthquake

San Francisco, 1906
By Kathleen Duey and Karen A. Bale
Series: Survivors
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Now with a bold new look! Two strangers must trust each other if they want to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake in this gripping entry in the historical fiction middle grade Disaster series. Brendan O’Connor is delivering pastries to the bustling businesses and elegant hotels... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Brendan, a hard-working orphan who dreams of rising out of poverty, and Dai Yue, a Chinese immigrant facing an arranged marriage to an older man, find unexpected friendship during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

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Now with a bold new look!

Two strangers must trust each other if they want to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake in this gripping entry in the historical fiction middle grade Disaster series.

Brendan O’Connor is delivering pastries to the bustling businesses and elegant hotels of San Francisco, dreaming that someday he will be part of that life.

Li Dai Yue is running from the isolated security of Chinatown, distraught over the marriage her uncle has arranged for her.

Chance throws them together on the day of the San Francisco earthquake. Can two strangers from such different worlds work together to survive the terror of crumbling buildings, fire, looting, and chaos?

Earthquake by Kathleen Duey and Karen A. Bale explores the resilience and courage of two young protagonists brought together by a natural disaster.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781665983952

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 March 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Aladdin

Edition: Reissue

Illustration: f-c gloss uv cvr w- no sfx

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 120g

Pages: 160

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Historical Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Historical Fiction Karen A. Bale Kathleen Duey Series: Survivors Young Adult

About the Author

Kathleen Duey (1950–2020) wrote the middle grade American Diaries and Survivors series, as well as the well-reviewed chapter book series The Unicorn’s Secret and its companion series, The Faeries’ Promise. She was also the National Book Award–nominated author of Skin Hunger. She lived in Fallbrook, California.

Karen A. Bale grew up in southern California and graduated from the University California Riverside. She has written seventeen historical romances, including the successful seven-book Sweet Medicine’s Prophecy series. She has done freelance work for several years, including helping to write two nonfiction books. Karen still resides in southern California, ten miles from the Pacific Ocean.

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