Genre: Historical Fiction / Young Adult
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2003
Pages: 222
Rating: Recommend
Synopsis: It's April 18, 1906, and a powerful earthquake has just rocked San Francisco. Photographer Edith Irvine and her assistant, Daisy Valentine, survive the tragedy. Armed with Edith's camera, the two women set out to document the devastation—even as buildings crumble around them and soldiers promise to shoot anyone trying to photograph the crippled city.
Based on the real-life experience of photographer Edith Irvine, this harrowing tale of bravery and survival includes many of Irvine's now-famous photographs.
A novelization of twenty-two-year-old photographer Edith Irvine's experiences in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, as seen through the eyes of fifteen-year-old Daisy, a fictitious traveling companion. Includes reader's guide and author interview.
Review: Sometimes I like to read young adult fiction just for something different, especially historical fiction. The author makes the story of Edith Irvine come alive, and makes the destruction of the earthquake easy to imagine.
This was another quick, easy read and well worth my time.
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