In the Heart of the Quake

Disaster Zone #2

by David Levithan

A quake is coming, and it's tearing Stieg apart. He doesn't know when it will hit, but he knows it will be a big one -- in San Francisco.

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

David Levithan (born 1972) is an American children's book editor and award-winning author. He published his first YA book, Boy Meets Boy, in 2003. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a Young Adult imprint of Scholastic Press.

Reviews

[Miss Bookiverse · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute little adventure book about two brothers who try to prevent an earth quake. I only read this because my favourite author David Levithan wrote it, it's one of his first published books, back from 1998.

In The Heart of the Quake is the second in a series but I didn't read book 1, so I think it can be read as a stand-alone, too. The ending hints at a third book but I don't think there were ever published more than two.

I actually learned some things about the history of earthquakes and how they come into being. It was portrayed rather nicely with the help of infographics (kinda felt like homework mixed into fiction).

Also the writing style was really good for a middle grade novel. I could definitely sense David's style there.