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Staking a Claim: The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung, a Chinese Miner, California, 1852

Author : Laurence Yep

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 20,72 MB

Release : 2013-11-26

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0545576660

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Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep's incredible JOURNAL OF WONG MING-CHUNG is now in paperback with a stunning repackaging! In 1852, during the height of the California Gold Rush, ten-year-old Wong makes the dangerous trip to America to live with his uncle, exchanging the famine and war of his native country for brutal bullies and grueling labor in America, Wong joins his uncle and countless others in the effort to strike it rich on the great "Golden Mountain." Unfortunately, he, and most of the rest of the dreamers, soon discover that there's no such thing as a Golden Mountain, only dirt, mud, and occasionally tiny flecks of gold dust--flecks that are to be turned over to the owners of the mines, in return for barely livable wages. However, someone as clever and resourceful as Wong will have to find other ingenious ways of making money if they're going to make it in America. But can they overcome the bitter, racist white Americans to find success?



Bo-Bo's Cave of Gold

Author : Pam Berkman

Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books

Page : 198 pages

File Size : 12,10 MB

Release : 2020-04-28

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1534433368

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To save their family, Bo-Bo, a golden mutt, and her human brother Sheng must find a legendary treasure during the California Gold Rush in this second book of the At the Heels of History series, inspired by important events and told through the eyes, ears, and noses of dogs. California, 1852. Sage, a golden, big-hearted mutt, is abandoned by her pack. She is about to give up hope when a silly bird squawks her out of her sadness and leads her to Sheng, a young gold prospector. Sheng renames her Bo-Bo, the Chinese word for treasure, and they soon become inseparable. When Bo-Bo frees a caged bear, the bear’s owner—who is also a cruel tax collector—demands a huge price from Sheng for losing the bear. But where can Bo-Bo and Sheng find that much gold? Their only chance is a fabled cave rumored to be filled with treasure. But the cave is supposedly located across the foothills, on a path loaded with danger. Will Bo-Bo and Sheng find it in time?



China Revolutionized

Author : John Stuart Thomson

Publisher :

Page : 654 pages

File Size : 26,29 MB

Release : 1913

Category : China

ISBN :

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Be Your Own Bodybuilding Coach

Author : Scott Walter Stevenson

Publisher :

Page : 440 pages

File Size : 46,93 MB

Release : 2018-08-20

Category :

ISBN : 9780990471813

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This book is a strategic plan and resource manual covering bodybuilding from A-Z: In-depth perspective on goal setting, dietary manipulations, nutritional supplementation, posing/presentation, and dozens of other topics including peak week, "metabolic damage," training after 40 and being a critical-thinking bodybuilder. >2000 scientific references.



Planting Empire, Cultivating Subjects

Author : Lynn Hollen Lees

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 379 pages

File Size : 24,48 MB

Release : 2017-12-21

Category : History

ISBN : 1107038405

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This is an innovative study of how British Colonial rule and society in Malayan towns and plantations transformed immigrants into British subjects.



Designs by Isabelle

Author : Laurence Yep

Publisher : American Girl Publishing Incorporated

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 16,73 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Ballet dancing

ISBN : 9781609583729

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As Isabelle rehearses for the The Nutcracker she struggles with her pirouettes, in part because her castmate Renata points out her every mistake. Isabelle takes her mind off her troubles by helping to design costumes for the other dancers. She's distracted, too, by her older sister, Jade, who seems moody and withdrawn. When Isabelle figures out the problem, can she tap into her design skills to find a solution for Jade? And can Isabelle find the confidence to tune out Renata and polish her own performance, too?



If I Just Had Two Wings

Author : Virginia Frances Schwartz

Publisher :

Page : 236 pages

File Size : 16,87 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780773733022

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If I Just Had Two Wings is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.



The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung

Author : Laurence Yep

Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated

Page : 219 pages

File Size : 26,21 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780590386074

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A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.



To the Stars, Isabelle

Author : Laurence Yep

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 28,65 MB

Release : 2014-02-21

Category : Ballerinas

ISBN : 9781484415870

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Ten-year-old Isabelle joins a ballet touring company headed by her dancing idol, world-class ballerina Jackie Sanch