In 1906 San Francisco, fifteen-year-old Mercy Lee talks her way into the elite, all-white St. Clare's School for Girls by posing as a Chinese heiress. Determined to make a better life for herself and her sickly little brother, Jack, Mercy tries to fit in. And when a major earthquake hits, Mercy uses her quick wits to pull the survivors together in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Includes excerpt from: Under a painted sky.