When the Earth Dragon Trembled: A Story of Chinatown During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

by Judy Dodge Cummings

Book Overview

It's 1906, and strict immigration laws have divided Han Liu's family. His mother and sister are in China, while he and his father live in San Francisco, California. Han resists his father's attempts to teach him traditional Chinese values. Han is an American, after all, and he'd rather read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer than study Chinese proverbs. But when a massive earthquake and fire destroy Chinatown and separate Han from his father, those proverbs...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631634909
• ISBN13: 9781631634901
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Jolly Fish Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7