36 pages 1 hour read

Lauren Tarshis

I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

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Essay Topics

1.

Compare and contrast the friendship between Leo and Morris and the friendship between Wilkie and Fletch.

2.

Lauren Tarshis begins the book in medias res, which is Latin for “in the midst of things.” Why do you think she did this?

3.

Pick one of Grandpop’s stories of survival and draw parallels to one of Leo’s.

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