Status
Available
Call number
Call number
JF YEP V.3
Description
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Sequel to "Mountain light."
Subjects
Awards
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Silver Medal — Juvenile — 1993)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1994)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 1995)
Notable Children's Book (1994)