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Under the Ashes | Cindy Rankin

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Eleven-year-old Elizabeth "Littlebeth" Morgan would rather race the boys, chase skunks, and read about bandits than act like a lady. When she whacks the head off a rattlesnake, her parents decide it's the last straw. They send her to live with her maiden aunt Sally in San Francisco to be tamed and refined. The city proves to be anything but tame. Littlebeth wakes one morning to the crashing chaos of a massive earthquake and finds herself surrounded by wreckage. Then a fire breaks out and tears across the city. Now she must depend on her instincts and a few unlikely friends to find her way to safety. But does she have the spirit to survive in a city that's broken and burning?

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JessicaTBTP

Under the Ashes | Cindy Rankin

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This book is fantastic. #middlegrade #historicalfiction at its best. Littlebeth Morgan is sent to San Francisco to live with her proper aunt (who isnt so proper) and endures the 1906 earthquake. It's so full of heart and so fantastic. I can't rave about it enough.

I'd say it's for ages 7 and up. I was an advanced reader and could have read it independently at 7, but your kid may be different.

Review on talesbetweenthepages.com on Wednesday.

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JessicaTBTP

Under the Ashes | Cindy Rankin

#afternoonread is Under the Ashes by Cindy Rankin. It's a really good #middlegrade #historicalfiction book set just before the San Francisco earthquake. I'm enjoying it so far.

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