num_pages: 391
description: San Francisco 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty in Chinatown and an education at St. Clares School for Girls is her best hope. Although St. Clares is off-limits to all but the wealthiest white girls Mercy gains admittance through a mix of cunning and a little bribery only to discover that getting in was the easiest part. Not to be undone by a bunch of spoiled heiresses Mercy stands stronguntil disaster strikes.On April 18 a historic earthquake rocks San Francisco destroying Mercys home and school. With martial law in effect she is forced to wait with her classmates for their families in a temporary park encampment. Though fires might rage and the city may be in shambles Mercy cant sit by while they wait for the army to bring helpshe still has the bossy cheeks that mark her as someone who gets things done. But what can one teenage girl do to heal so many suffering in her broken city?
language: English
title: Outrun the Moon
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers