Jacob kuafman was an ordinary kid till a quake hit San Francisco and changed his life.The story is about a boy names Jacob Kaufman in the story he lost his sister and dad in the quake. so he asked around the city and he went to many camps to find his dad and sister.But he had some trusty help from a dog named quake. If you want to know want to happens to Jacob. read the book Quake by Gail Hanger Karwoski and illustrated by Robert Papp