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  <title><![CDATA[The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;A gripping portrait of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Laurence Yep.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; When the quake subsides, Chin and Henry and their families are lucky to be alive. But now they must escape the fires that have broken out and find their way to safety&amp;ndash;before it's too late. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Based on actual events and told from the alternating perspectives of two young friends, The Earth Dragon Awakes is a suspenseful novel about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep.&lt;/P&gt;</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yep, L. (2006). <em>The earth dragon awakes.</em> New York: Harper Collins.<br/><br/><u>Summary:</u><br/>A fictionalized account of a true event, told from the viewpoint of 8-year-old Henry (Caucasian) and his friend, 9-year-old Chin (Chinese-American) as they experience the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64580451">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chin, a nine-year-old Chinese immigrant, tells us the story of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Ah Sing, Chin's father is a house servant to a prominent banking family. Chin and Henry Travis, the eight-year-old son, have become friends. The boys witnessed the damage, injuries, pain, and loss cr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17761257">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ive never known that there was earthquake in 1906 but it was a good book everybody else has to read this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read it for summer reading...a true story]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[great book! loved it !  very intresting! ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[awesomenesss<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author, Laurence Yep, switches between two narrators-- one Chinese and one white-- as they struggle to survive after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. In between the narrative chapters, the author inserts chapters that detail the scientific and historical events surrounding this famous quake.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28104105">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good children's novel on the Earthquake of 1906.  Character development leaves something to be desired for adults.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book for it's historical fiction and the story within.]]></body>
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