| Description |
266 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
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age Age: Preteens |
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edu Educational level: Middle school students |
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edu Educational level: School children |
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age Children |
| Note |
A Yearling book. |
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"Reprinted by arrangement with Henry Holt and Company, Inc." |
| Contents |
City set upon a hill -- In the beginning all things are difficult -- Service at the point of a rifle -- If a man's affairs are to prosper -- For sale dragon's breath, cheap -- Tilting with fire -- Devils of disease -- Footstool for bandits -- River on the rampage -- Small problem of ownership -- He who rides on a tiger cannot dismount -- In the course of time men's motives may be seen -- Use for curiosity -- One must first scale the mountain in order to view th plain -- Glossary -- Notes. |
| Summary |
In the 1920's a Chinese youth from the country comes to Chungking with his mother where the bustling city offers adventure and his apprenticeship to a coppersmith brings good fortune. |
| Audience |
890L Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 6.4 10.0. |
| Awards |
Newbery Medal, 1933. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer |
| Subject |
China -- Juvenile fiction.
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China. |
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City and town life -- Juvenile fiction.
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City and town life. |
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Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction.
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Apprentices. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Young, Ed, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
044049043X (paperback) |
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9780440490432 (paperback) |
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1413150268 (BWI bdg.) |
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9781413150261 |
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