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Quake!

by Joe Cottonwood · 1995

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With their parents away at the 1989 World Series, fourteen-year-old Franny, her younger brother, and their cousin try to cope with the frightening events following an earthquake that destroys their home on Loma Prieta mountain.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
survivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 146 pages

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