Can You Survive the Great San Francisco Earthquake?: An Interactive History Adventure

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Just the Series: You Choose: Disasters in History

Series and Publisher: You Choose: Disasters in History

Annotation: "The date is April 18, 1906. The city of San Francisco has just been rocked and shaken by a huge earthquake. Even worse, the quake causes huge fires to break out across the city. Can you escape your damaged home before it collapses? Will you join the firefighters as they try to save the city from the devastating fires? Will you be accused of looting after helping a boy escape from some rubble? With dozens of possible choices, it's up to YOU to survive one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded"-- cProvided by publisher.

Genre: [United States history]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #319825

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Capstone

Edition Date: 2022 Release Date: 01/01/22

Pages: 112 pages

ISBN: 1-663-95894-7

ISBN 13: 978-1-663-95894-5

Dewey: 979.4

LCCN: 2021951980

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Earthquakes. California. San Francisco. History. 20th century. Juvenile literature.
Fires. California. San Francisco. History. 20th century. Juvenile literature.
Earthquakes. California. San Francisco. History. 20th century.
Fires. California. San Francisco. History. 20th century.

Language: English

Reviews:

School Library Journal (Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2022)

COLLINS, Ailynn . Can You Survive the Schoolchildren's Blizzard? ISBN 9781663958969 . GUNDERSON, Jessica . Can You Survive the 1900 Galveston Hurricane? ISBN 9781663958938 . OTFINOSKI, Steven . Can You Survive the Johnstown Flood? ISBN 9781663958952 .ea vol: 112p. (You Choose: Disasters in History). Capstone . Jan. 2022. Tr $32.65. Gr 46 These interactive history adventures offer readers three different characters to follow through the disaster, making over a dozen choices to try and survive. Each character is based on actual records of survivors and victims of the original event, and those individuals are identified in the back matter. Illustrations and photos, some of them archival, emphasize the destruction and devastation of the disaster. Suggested reading and websites for further investigation are offered. Other extras include information on how earthquakes or hurricanes are rated, advances in weather forecasting, or the importance of Red Cross relief efforts. Besides the opportunity to explore each of the possible choices within the narrative, there are also a few additional scenarios suggested in "Other Paths to Consider." VERDICT Would work well with a unit on natural disasters or as individual reading for history buffs.

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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references.

Reading Level: 3.0

Interest Level: 3-6

Lexile: 630L

Guided Reading Level: V

Fountas & Pinnell: V

The date is April 18, 1906. The city of San Francisco has just been rocked and shaken by a huge earthquake. Even worse, the quake causes huge fires to break out across the city. Can you escape your damaged home before it collapses? Will you join the firefighters as they try to save the city from the devastating fires? Will you be accused of looting after helping a boy escape from some rubble? With dozens of possible choices, its up to YOU to survive one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded.

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