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What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? — Content Guide for Parents

By Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler, Who HQPenguinISBN 9780399541599112 pages
What Was the San Francisco Earthquake?

Found in this book

  • Scary contentSupporting

Not found

  • Violence
  • Religion
  • Race & culture
  • Profanity
  • Climate
  • Sexual content
  • Gender roles
  • Gender & orientation

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Religion

PRESENT

Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake.

One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake—one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than 500 city blocks were destroyed and over 200,000 people were left homeless. But the city quickly managed to rebuild, rising from the ashes to become the major tourist destination it is today. Here's an exciting recount of an incredible disaster.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    The book recounts a catastrophic earthquake and a fire that destroyed much of San Francisco and left many people homeless.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have violence?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have scary content?

    Found (Supporting): The book recounts a catastrophic earthquake and a fire that destroyed much of San Francisco and left many people homeless.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have religion?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have race & culture?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have profanity?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have climate?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have sexual content?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have gender roles?

    Not found in the sources we checked.

  • Does What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? have gender & orientation?

    Not found in the sources we checked.