| #28236 in Books | Harper Collins | 2001-01-23 | 2001-01-23 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.00 x5.25 x.75l,.53 | File type: PDF | 335 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Another Winning Yep Story|By C. Lee McKenzie|I'm a Yep fan, and Dragon's Gate only increased my appreciation for his ability as a storyteller. Since I'm also always interested in the 1850s during the Gold Rush and the building of the Trans-Continental Railroad, this was a perfect story for me.
Yep paints a cold picture of how the Chinese labored under wicked conditio|From Publishers Weekly|This 1994 Newbery Honor Book, a prequel to Dragonwings, tells of 14-year-old Otter's 1865 emigration from China and subsequent travails in California. Ages 10-up. |Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.|
In 1867, Otter travels from Three Willows Village in China to California -- the Land of the Golden Mountain. There he will join his father and uncle.
In spite of the presence of family, Otter is a stranger among the other Chinese in this new land. And where he expected to see a land of goldfields, he sees only vast, cold whiteness. But Otter's dream is to learn all he can, take the technology back to the Middle Kingdom, and free China from the Manchu invaders...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Dragon's Gate (Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1867) | Laurence Yep. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
