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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, October 2011
eBook, 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1439132399
ISBN-13: 9781439132395
Grades: 5 - 9
Awards and Nominations
- Children's Literature Choice List
Description
By 1886 many of Eliza Jane McCully's neighbors are concerned that the growing immigrant Chinese population is threatening their comfortable way of life. But it is a young Chinese boy named Wah Chung who saves Eliza and her pet goat from being swept into the sea by a deadly wave. This makes Eliza wonder: Are the Chinese really people to be feared, as her father and their neighbors believe? Or are the Chinese immigrants people with whom the townspeople in Crescent City could live peaceably, with a little tolerance and understanding?
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Table of ContentsSusan Fletcher's Books
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Dragon's MilkDragon's Milk is the first book in The Dragon Chronicles. Kaeldra's search for dragon's milk to save her sister leads her to an endangered dragon kyn.Read More
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Flight of the Dragon KynFlight of the Dragon Kyn is the second book in The Dragon Chronicles. Kara must make up for her ability to speak to dragons after one is killed.Read More
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Sign of the DoveSign of the Dove is the third book in The Dragon Chronicles. Lyf must protect the draclings from the Queen's army that is hunting for dragon hearts.Read More
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