A city tossed and broken : the diary of Minnie Bonner / Judy Blundell.
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TextSeries: Dear AmericaPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Scholastic Inc., 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: 218 p. : ill., map ; 20 cmISBN: - 0545310229 (paper over board)
- 9780545310222 (paper over board)
- Diaries -- Juvenile fiction
- Earthquakes -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- California -- Juvenile fiction
- Household employees -- Juvenile fiction
- San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Juvenile fiction
- Women household employees -- California -- San Francisco -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- California -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Dear Ame Blundell | Available | 33111007106970 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An award-winning author brings the story of one American girl to life.
When Minnie Bonner's father disappears, the wealthy gentleman Edward Sump, led by his avaricious wife, offers Minnie a chance to work as a lady's maid. The Sumps have grand plans, grander than the city of Philadelphia can offer, and decide to move to San Francisco - the greatest city in the west. But when a powerful earthquake strikes, Minnie finds herself the sole survivor among them. After the dust settles, Minnie discovers a bag belonging to the Sumps filled with cash and papers. With no one else to claim it, Minnie has turned into an heiress overnight. Wealth comes at a price, however, and she is soon wrapped up in a deception that leads her down a dangerous path.
"San Francisco, California, 1906"--Cover.
It is 1906, and when her family is cheated out of their tavern, fourteen-year-old Minnie Bonner is forced to become a maid to the Sump family, who are moving to San Francisco--three weeks before the great earthquake.