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1) Parked
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Newly homeless Jeanne Ann and wealthy Cal form a vital friendship as they both search for stability and community, finding it through love of books, art, and food"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
155 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
3) Golden Gate
Author
Series
City spies volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rebel surfer-turned-field ops specialist Sydney finds herself in hot water while undercover on a marine research vessel, while her City Spies teammates investigate a suspected mole.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.
Author
Series
The adventures of Jo Schmo volume 2
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her drooling dog Raymond go back in time to stop the infamous and stinky outlaw Wyatt Burp."--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Having left her parents' Missouri farm for good and trained to become a telegraph operator in Kansas City, teenage Rose moves out to San Francisco and joins the thousands of "bachelor girls" supporting themselves.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansion's boarded-up tower.
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume no. 12
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
100, 11, pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While on vacation in San Francisco, Stanley meets a girl who enlists his help in performing a trick: escaping from Alcatraz.
9) The warlock
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
385 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid plan to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco.
10) Book scavenger
Author
Series
Book scavenger volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles).
11) Book Scavenger
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.
12) Bachelor girl
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
viii, 243 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having left her parents' Missouri farm for good and trained to become a telegraph operator in Kansas City, teenage Rose moves out to San Francisco and joins the thousands of "bachelor girls" supporting themselves.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tessa's dream job at her aunt's food truck turns into a nightmare once popular, arrogant Asher starts working with her, but when a key food-truck festival is canceled, they'll need to set aside their differences and work together to save the truck.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1974 at her new San Francisco school, nine-year-old Julie does not want to tell her class about her parents' divorce, or to tell her sister about messing up her school assignment, but when she breaks her finger playing basketball and her whole family rallies around her, she realizes the importance of telling the truth.
15) The alchemyst
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
While working at summer jobs in San Francisco, twins Sophie and Josh find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
149 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a choose your own adventure story, the reader travels to 1970s sunny San Francisco to join Julie in adventures that can include challenging the boys to a basketball contest, spending a day at the beach, or rescuing a baby sea otter.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Leo loves being a newsboy in San Francisco -- not only does he get to make some money to help his family, he's free to explore the amazing, hilly city as it changes and grows with the new century. Horse-drawn carriages share the streets with shiny new automobiles, new businesses and families move in every day from everywhere, and anything seems possible. But early one spring morning, everything changes. Leo's world is shaken -- literally...
18) Top story
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with famous relatives, fancy laptops, and major connections!...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
88 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Earning money to help his family in 1906, ten-year-old newsboy Leo explores the hilly city's bustling business world and modern innovations before a massive earthquake and decimating fire change everything he has ever known.