YA & Children's Books Set in the San Francisco Bay Area

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American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese 3.88 avg rating — 100,054 ratings
2.
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1)
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 45,628 ratings
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Smile (Smile, #1)
Smile (Smile, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 301,077 ratings
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Grandfather's Journey
Grandfather's Journey
by: Allen Say
4.15 avg rating — 16,901 ratings
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One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 37,257 ratings
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Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Tales from Alcatraz, #2)
Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Tales from Alcatraz, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 8,473 ratings
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West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 (Little House, #11)
West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 (Little House, #11) 3.84 avg rating — 4,792 ratings
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Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)
Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 166,319 ratings
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The Best Bad Thing
The Best Bad Thing 3.97 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Meet Julie (American Girls: Julie, #1)
Meet Julie (American Girls: Julie, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
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Love and Haight
Love and Haight 3.41 avg rating — 174 ratings
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My Beautiful Hippie
My Beautiful Hippie 3.70 avg rating — 126 ratings
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When Dimple Met Rishi (Dimple and Rishi, #1)
When Dimple Met Rishi (Dimple and Rishi, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 54,920 ratings
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Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 52,725 ratings
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The Disenchantments
The Disenchantments 3.70 avg rating — 9,185 ratings
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The Lucy Variations
The Lucy Variations
by: Sara Zarr
3.56 avg rating — 5,056 ratings
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Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #5)
Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #5) 3.56 avg rating — 4,352 ratings
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Chasing Secrets
Chasing Secrets 3.81 avg rating — 2,426 ratings
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Pop's Bridge
Pop's Bridge 4.10 avg rating — 388 ratings
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Al Capone Does My Homework (Tales from Alcatraz, #3)
Al Capone Does My Homework (Tales from Alcatraz, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 3,944 ratings
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1)
Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 41,674 ratings
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I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 4.10 avg rating — 7,384 ratings
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The Mystery in San Francisco (The Boxcar Children, #57)
The Mystery in San Francisco (The Boxcar Children, #57) 3.87 avg rating — 604 ratings
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Bridge of Time
Bridge of Time 3.46 avg rating — 175 ratings
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Dreamers
Dreamers 4.43 avg rating — 6,865 ratings
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Shooting Kabul
Shooting Kabul 3.94 avg rating — 5,760 ratings
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A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 3.79 avg rating — 901 ratings
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Julie: An American Girl (American Girls: Julie, #1-6)
Julie: An American Girl (American Girls: Julie, #1-6) 4.02 avg rating — 657 ratings
29.
Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1)
Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 17,326 ratings
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A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans (A Dragon's Guide, #1)
A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans (A Dragon's Guide, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 2,188 ratings
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Across a Broken Shore
Across a Broken Shore 3.98 avg rating — 428 ratings
32.
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Last Night at the Telegraph Club 4.20 avg rating — 110,603 ratings
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You Know Me Well
You Know Me Well 3.70 avg rating — 18,877 ratings
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The Shadow Hero
The Shadow Hero 3.87 avg rating — 8,423 ratings
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Stolen Secrets
Stolen Secrets 4.16 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Maybelle the Cable Car
Maybelle the Cable Car 3.90 avg rating — 702 ratings
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
by: Susan Ee
4.10 avg rating — 197,236 ratings
38.
The Summer I Learned to Fly
The Summer I Learned to Fly 3.75 avg rating — 2,222 ratings
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Newsgirl
Newsgirl 3.70 avg rating — 335 ratings
40.
Outrun the Moon
Outrun the Moon 3.96 avg rating — 5,629 ratings
41.
Mitch and Amy
Mitch and Amy 3.81 avg rating — 1,829 ratings
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Good Luck, Ivy
Good Luck, Ivy
by: Lisa Yee
3.96 avg rating — 1,339 ratings
43.
Pierre the Penguin: A True Story
Pierre the Penguin: A True Story 4.05 avg rating — 412 ratings
44.
The City on the Other Side
The City on the Other Side 3.74 avg rating — 1,621 ratings
44.
This is San Francisco
This is San Francisco 4.37 avg rating — 400 ratings
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Julie Tells Her Story (American Girls: Julie, #2)
Julie Tells Her Story (American Girls: Julie, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 1,367 ratings
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The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich 4.12 avg rating — 4,137 ratings
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Larry Gets Lost in San Francisco
Larry Gets Lost in San Francisco 4.08 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Changes for Julie (American Girls: Julie, #6)
Changes for Julie (American Girls: Julie, #6) 3.97 avg rating — 1,427 ratings
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Ghosts
Ghosts 4.21 avg rating — 153,177 ratings
51.
We Are Okay
We Are Okay 3.93 avg rating — 98,920 ratings
52.
We Are Not Free
We Are Not Free 4.31 avg rating — 12,022 ratings
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Earthquake at Dawn Rev Pa
Earthquake at Dawn Rev Pa 3.65 avg rating — 258 ratings
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Julie's Journey (American Girls: Julie, #5)
Julie's Journey (American Girls: Julie, #5) 3.91 avg rating — 1,349 ratings
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Lost in the City: A Julie Mystery
Lost in the City: A Julie Mystery 3.70 avg rating — 190 ratings
56.
Tikvah Means Hope
Tikvah Means Hope 4.23 avg rating — 255 ratings
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The Blessing Cup
The Blessing Cup 4.41 avg rating — 772 ratings
58.
The Silver Guitar: A Julie Mystery
The Silver Guitar: A Julie Mystery 3.79 avg rating — 265 ratings
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Humphrey the Lost Whale
Humphrey the Lost Whale 4.21 avg rating — 289 ratings
60.
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,663 ratings
61.
The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter: A Julie Mystery
The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter: A Julie Mystery 4.14 avg rating — 434 ratings
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Bully
Bully 3.98 avg rating — 924 ratings
63.
The Tangled Web: A Julie Mystery
The Tangled Web: A Julie Mystery 3.97 avg rating — 533 ratings
64.
Holes in the Sky
Holes in the Sky 4.51 avg rating — 447 ratings
65.
Happy New Year, Julie 1974 (American Girls: Julie #3)
Happy New Year, Julie 1974 (American Girls: Julie #3) 3.95 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
65.
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem 3.88 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
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The Vinyl Princess
The Vinyl Princess 3.58 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
68.
Bachelor Girl (Little House: The Rose Years, #8)
Bachelor Girl (Little House: The Rose Years, #8) 3.87 avg rating — 2,845 ratings
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Julie and the Eagles (American Girls: Julie, #4)
Julie and the Eagles (American Girls: Julie, #4) 3.96 avg rating — 1,268 ratings
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Quake!
Quake! 3.42 avg rating — 137 ratings
70.
Roomies
Roomies
by: Sara Zarr
3.61 avg rating — 6,366 ratings
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Rising Tide
Rising Tide 3.56 avg rating — 34 ratings
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PaperQuake: A Puzzle (Time Travel Mystery, #4)
PaperQuake: A Puzzle (Time Travel Mystery, #4) 3.94 avg rating — 932 ratings
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Bitter Melon
Bitter Melon
by: Cara Chow
3.85 avg rating — 1,475 ratings
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Up to This Pointe
Up to This Pointe 3.94 avg rating — 1,647 ratings
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Social Suicide (Deadly Cool, #2)
Social Suicide (Deadly Cool, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 3,181 ratings
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More Than Just a Pretty Face
More Than Just a Pretty Face 4.04 avg rating — 3,364 ratings
78.
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 7,966 ratings
78.
The Wild Girls
The Wild Girls 4.17 avg rating — 1,883 ratings
78.
Deadly Cool (Deadly Cool, #1)
Deadly Cool (Deadly Cool, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 5,742 ratings
78.
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 165,702 ratings
82.
By the Great Horn Spoon!
By the Great Horn Spoon! 4.11 avg rating — 8,175 ratings
82.
A Thousand Fires
A Thousand Fires 3.45 avg rating — 558 ratings
84.
Redwoods
Redwoods 4.23 avg rating — 2,060 ratings
85.
Earthquake in the Early Morning (Magic Tree House, #24)
Earthquake in the Early Morning (Magic Tree House, #24) 3.98 avg rating — 9,271 ratings
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The Unbreakable Code (Book Scavenger, #2)
The Unbreakable Code (Book Scavenger, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 4,402 ratings
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Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
88.
Remembering Vera
Remembering Vera 4.23 avg rating — 339 ratings
88.
Whalesinger
Whalesinger 3.74 avg rating — 46 ratings
90.
Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island
Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island 3.74 avg rating — 311 ratings
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The Alcatraz Escape (Book Scavenger, #3)
The Alcatraz Escape (Book Scavenger, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 2,668 ratings
92.
Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Al Capone at Alcatraz, #4)
Al Capone Throws Me a Curve (Al Capone at Alcatraz, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 1,286 ratings
92.
Mystery of the Green Cat
Mystery of the Green Cat 3.98 avg rating — 394 ratings
92.
Fly High, Fly Low
Fly High, Fly Low 4.06 avg rating — 735 ratings
95.
The Anatomical Shape of a Heart
The Anatomical Shape of a Heart 3.93 avg rating — 20,264 ratings
95.
Child of the Owl (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #7)
Child of the Owl (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #7) 3.66 avg rating — 564 ratings
97.
Love, Penelope
Love, Penelope 3.56 avg rating — 186 ratings
98.
Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir
Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir 3.76 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
99.
In Our Mothers' House
In Our Mothers' House 4.30 avg rating — 1,410 ratings
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Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison
Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison 4.07 avg rating — 895 ratings
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