I Survived #5: I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 Author: Visit Amazon's Lauren Tarshis Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0545206995 | Format: PDF
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About the Author
Lauren Tarshis is the editor of Scholastic’s Storyworks magazine and group editorial director for language arts for Scholastic classroom magazines, in addition to being the author of the I Survived series and the critically acclaimed novels Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. She lives in Westport, Connecticut, and can be found online at www.laurentarshis.com.
- Age Range: 7 and up
- Lexile Measure: 610L (What's this?)
- Series: I Survived (Book 5)
- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; Original edition (March 1, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0545206995
- ISBN-13: 978-0545206990
- Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I really enjoyed this book. The setting of this book is in San Francisco, California in 1906 during the earthquake while President Roosevelt was in office. The main characters of the book are Leo, Morris, Wilkie, and Fletch.
Leo was a kind boy because he never hurt anybody and he never picked a fight. Leo lived in a boardinghouse with his father until he passed away. His Father always told stories about his grandpop which gave him courage. His grandfather passed a golden nugget to his father who passed the nugget to him.
Morris was a nice and annoying kid. He was a tall skinny kid. He asked a bunch of questions and always had a bunch of facts to share even when Leo didn't want to hear them. He lived with his uncle who gambled away all their money and was hardly ever home.
Wilkie was a fat kid and a bully. He bullied everybody. He stole money, watches, and other treasures from people. He went to jail and wasn't afraid of the police.
Fletch was a bully and a wingman to Wilkie. Together they made an unstoppable team of bullies.
Leo had a gold nugget that Wilkie and Fletch stole. In the dark, Leo disgused himself as the ghost of Corey Drew in order to get his nugget back from the bullies. It almost worked until Morris showed up and ruined everything. Then the bullies started to beat them up until the great earthquake began! Fletch ran and left them in the building. Leo and Morris had to help Wilkie escape because he was stuck. They were barely able to get out of the building. Once they got out, they saw fire everywhere and people were crying. Wilkie realized that his buddy had left him to die so he decided to help Leo and Morris get the gold nugget.
They had to go through the burning alley to get to the nugget inside the boardinghouse.
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