Li Jun and the Iron Road
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1459731425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mary E. Young said she is quickly disappointed by the way Chinese are treated and the poor. When Li Jun is orphaned, she leaves the family who she is indentured too and disguises herself as a boy. She finds work in a fireworks factory and learns how to use the black powder. After seeing posters recruiting Chinese to work on American Railroads, she talks the owners . Amazon Customer said Great Historical Tale!. I loved the view into the Chinese and Canadian settings during the 1880s. This is a period in history that I've been really curious about, so I enjoyed a chance to read about it, even in a fictional setting.Li Jun is a clever, brave heroine who I found it very easy to root f
There she faces danger, deceit, and prejudice at every turn. She joins thousands of Chinese men blasting a path for the new railway through the “impassable” Rocky Mountains. Li Jun, a feisty homeless girl disguised as a boy called Little Tiger, works in a fireworks factory and yearns to sail across the ocean to the mysterious Gold Mountain in faraway British Columbia to find her long-lost father and fulfill her promise to her dying mother. CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) CommendedFrom the award-winning movie comes a story of courage and forbidden love. It’s 1882 in southern China. Should she reveal her true identity to him? Coming from such different worlds, could they make a life together?. Then, defying all the rules, she falls in love with James, the s
She is best known as the co-creator of Franklin the Turtle. She lives in Toronto. Anne Tait is a movie producer, a writer for stage, screen, and print, a broadcaster, and a casting director. She won the Female Eye Film Festival Career Achievement Award, two Anik awards, the Victoria College Distinguished Alumna honour, plus the Canadian Gemini and the Rome
Vivienne Poy, Canada's first Chinese-Canadian senator)This is the best kind of historical fiction, in which the story wells up through the actions of powerful characters, and stunning landscapes both in China and in Canada grip readers with terrifying possibilities that keep them glued to the page. An important novel, essential reading for anyone interested in the early history of Canada. (Resource Links)Ending with an exciting climax of discovery and reconciliation, Li Jun and the Iron Road vividly describes a darker time in Canadian history while one of our greatest technological achievements of nationhood was being created. (Canadian Materials)Li