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Author Paterson, Katherine.

Title Rebels of the heavenly kingdom / Katherine Paterson.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Puffin Books, 1995.
©1983

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA Fic Paters Reb 1995        Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer
Description 229 pages ; 19 cm
Contents Hunan 1850 -- To Kweilin -- Young master -- Heavenly kingdom of great peace -- Mei Lin's story -- Lately the winds have greatly changed -- Chin-t'ien -- To the aid of the kings -- New age -- Soldier in the heavenly army -- Horsewomen of God -- Shen -- Destruction of Chuan-chou -- Sounds of mourning -- Homecoming -- Spy in Changsha -- Days of testing -- Kitchen maid in the house of Sung -- From Changsha to Nanking -- Pilgrim to the celestial city -- Seed rice -- Hunan 1864.
Summary Abducted from his home by bandits, fifteen-year-old Wang Lee is rescued from slavery by a mysterious girl who introduces him to the Taiping Tienkuo, a secret society partly based on Christian principles and dedicated to the overthrow of the Manchu government.
Provenance Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer
Subject China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Foreign intervention, 1857-1861 -- Fiction.
China.
Foreign Intervention in China (China : 1857-1861)
Taiping Rebellion (China : 1850-1864)
Chronological Term 1850-1864
Genre/Form Fiction.
History.
Fiction.
ISBN 0140376100 (paperback)
9780140376104 (paperback)