The earth dragon awakes

By Laurence Yep

Subjects: Chinese Americans, Courage, fiction, Courage -- Fiction, San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction, Earthquakes, Earthquakes, fiction, Chinese americans, fiction, Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction, Survival, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Courage, Survival -- Fiction, Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Juvenile fiction, Juvenile fiction, Chinese Americans -- Fiction, History

Description: Eight-year-old Henry and nine-year-old Chin love to read about heroes in popular "penny dreadful" novels, until they both witness real courage while trying to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.