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Author: [US] Cristina Gregory
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Publish Date: 1998-09-01
Features: Photographer Edith Owen and her maid, 15-year-old Daisy Valentine, go to Europe for a photography exhibition. Their journey is suddenly interrupted when on a ship in the port, Edith and her father, Daisy, are horrified to witness the San Francisco earthquake. Edith and Daisy are caught in the unprecedented chaos caused by the earthquake. Both touching and exhilarating, this novel vividly recreates history with a direct and realistic voice. The book has been awarded the Best Young Adult Book by the American Library Association and has won 11 other honors, including the New York Public Library Young Adult Book Award and the School Library Journal Honor Award.