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Walk Across the Sea by Susan Fletcher

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Walk Across the Sea

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Susan Fletcher

Margaret K. McElderry Books · Ebook · June 1, 2003

Reading lane: Immigration & Moving

By 1886 many of Eliza Jane McCully's neighbors are concerned that the growing immigrant Chinese population is threatening their comfortable way of life.

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Good for readers interested in historicalGood for fans of Historical FictionGood for readers who enjoy Immigration & Moving and Historical YA — Asia.

Book Details

Authors
Susan Fletcher
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published
June 1, 2003
Format
Ebook
Theme
Immigration & Moving · Historical YA — Asia
Reading lane
Immigration & Moving

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Publisher Categories

  • 19th-Century U.S.

  • Stories Set in Asia

  • Friendship

About This Book

By 1886 many of Eliza Jane McCully's neighbors are concerned that the growing immigrant Chinese population is threatening their comfortable way of life. But it is a young Chinese boy named Wah Chung who saves Eliza and her pet goat from being swept into the sea by a deadly wave. This makes Eliza wonder: Are the Chinese really people to be feared, as her father and their neighbors believe? Or are the Chinese immigrants people with whom the townspeople in Crescent City could l...

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By 1886 many of Eliza Jane McCully's neighbors are concerned that the growing immigrant Chinese population is threatening their comfortable way of life. But it is a young Chinese boy named Wah Chung who saves Eliza and her pet goat from being swept into the sea by a deadly wave. This makes Eliza wonder: Are the Chinese really people to be feared, as her father and their neighbors believe? Or are the Chinese immigrants people with whom the townspeople in Crescent City could live peaceably, with a little tolerance and understanding?

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