There are scary things happening, but Ranger is always there to provide comfort and companionship, and to help in ways that only a dog could. Messner always strikes the perfect balance between danger and security.
This series depicts kids facing dangerous situations in history, somewhat like the I Survived series.
I’ve read and reviewed on this blog the previous five Ranger in Time books ( #1, #2, #3, #4, #5). But can they escape crumbling buildings and raging fires, all while facing anti-Chinese discrimination? Lily and May try to make their way through the ruined city with Ranger at their side. Together they flee to safety, stopping to help another girl, May Wong, save her little brother from the family’s collapsed market. When the Great Earthquake hits, Ranger arrives in time to rescue Lily from falling beams in the mission house where she lives. She was sent from China to America to work as a young servant, but she dreams of studying to be a doctor. Ranger travels to San Francisco and meets Lily Chen.
Escape from the Great Earthquake, (Ranger in Time #6) by Kate Messner, (2017, 160 pages), does a great job of capturing the chaos that occurred in the aftermath of the earthquake, as well as the racism that existed toward Chinese immigrants at that time.
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