Name: Dragon's Gate
ISBN: 9780064404891

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Across New Horizons

A young traveler's hopes meet a new country's strangeness and the promise of a train.

Come here for

A journey between China and California
A young mind drawn to technology and change

Expect

The unease of being a stranger among familiar people
A stark contrast between golden hopes and cold whiteness

Book Details

Authors: Laurence Yep
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: January 23, 2001
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Historical YA - Asia · Historical Asia
Reading lane: Historical YA - Asia

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Publisher Categories

Survival Stories
Boys & Men
US: Asian American Stories
Multigenerational Families

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19th-Century U.S.
Prejudice & Racism
Self-Esteem & Resilience
Immigration & Moving

About This Book

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. Otter and the...

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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. Otter and the others board a machine that will change his life -- a train for which he would open the Dragon's Gate.