Awards and HonorsNew York Public Library 2016 50 Best Books for Teens, Fiction
2016–2017 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Young Adult
YALSA 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults
2017 Capitol Choices, Fourteen and Up
1906: Mercy Wong bargains her way out of Chinatown and into an exclusive girls’ school. But when an earthquake destroys San Francisco, distinctions of class and race yield to a struggle for survival. Author’s notes.
Topics Chinese Americans. Earthquakes. Survival. San Francisco earthquake and fire, California, 1906. Twentieth-century American history.
SRC Level 5.700000
SRC Points 22.000000
Lexile HL780L
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2016-05-23
JLG Release Date Jul 2016
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
History High
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
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