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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100060229713

ISBN-139780060229719

eBay Product ID (ePID)21493

Product Key Features

Book TitleDragon's Gate

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTransportation / Railroads & Trains, Action & Adventure / General, General, Historical / United States / 19th Century, People & Places / United States / Asian American

Publication Year1993

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorLaurence Yep

Book SeriesGolden Mountain Chronicles Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN92-043649

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromSecond Grade

Grade ToFifth Grade

Dewey DecimalFic

Synopsis'In rural China in 1865, 14-year-old Otter eagerly sails to California to join his father and legendary uncle on the transcontinental railroad. On a freezing, snow-filled mountain in the Sierras, Otter begins his harrowing journey toward self-knowledge. An engaging survival-adventure story, a social history, a heroic quest.'--BL. 'Told with humanity and compassion... a tribute to the survival and courage of these immigrants.'--1994 Newbery Committee. 1994 Newbery Honor Book Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA) 1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) 1993 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA) 1994 John and Patricia Beatty Award (California Library Association) 1994 Silver Medal for Literature (Commonwealth Club of America), 'In rural China in 1865, 14-year-old Otter eagerly sails to California to join his father and legendary uncle on the transcontinental railroad. On a freezing, snow-filled mountain in the Sierras, Otter begins his harrowing journey toward self-knowledge. An engaging survival-adventure story, a social history, a heroic quest.'--BL. 'Told with humanity and compassion... a tribute to the survival and courage of these immigrants.'--1994 Newbery Committee. 1994 Newbery Honor Book Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA) 1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) 1993 Pick of the Lists (ABA) 1994 John and Patricia Beatty Award (California Library Association) 1994 Silver Medal for Literature (Commonwealth Club of America)

LC Classification NumberPZ7.Y44