White jade tiger

by Julie Lawson

Paper Book, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

FIC LAW

Call number

FIC LAW

Collection

General Collection - Youth Fiction

Local notes

Youth

Tags

fiction, youth, novel, chapter book, general, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian author, Asian, Chinese, china town, adventure, school, travel, time travel, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction

Description

On a trip to Chinatown, thirteen-year-old Jasmine steps through a doorway back in time and finds herself in the 1880s. 1994 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize -- Winner 1994 Candian Library Association Book of the Year Award -- Runner-up 1995 Silver Birch Award -- Shortlisted CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2017) Selection Jasmine is not sure she likes the idea of being stuck in Victoria while her father goes to China. But on a field trip to Chinatown, she changes her mind. Passing through a doorway in Fan Tan Alley, she mysteriously finds herself in the early 1880s. Adventure begins with a new friend, a journey to the Fraser Canyon during the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a search for an ancient amulet. But Jasmine is not the only one searching for the white jade tiger...… (more)

Genres

Publication

Toronto : Sandcastle, 2006.

Original publication date

1993

User reviews

LibraryThing member lisavanness
This action-packed historical fantasy tells the story of a girl named Jasmine who accidentally travels back in time via a special door in Chinatown. Set in Victoria, BC, Jasmine discovers not only the working conditions of Chinese labourers on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway
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 through the Fraser Canyon, but also her own ancestry. I found this novel a little slow to get going, but compelling near the end due to the pacing of the plot. I am not sure why the author chose for Jasmine's mother to be killed in a car crash in the first chapter as this event had little bearing on the storyline.

Winner of the Sheila Egoff BC Book Prize, 1993.
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LibraryThing member lostinalibrary
Thirteen-year-old Jasmine is deeply hurt and angry when she learns that her father is leaving for work in China almost immediately and she must stay behind with her aunt in Victoria BC. While at her aunt’s house, she discovers a coolie outfit and decides to wear it to a school outing in
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 Chinatown. Somehow, she is transported back to the 19th c. as the railway is being built. There she meets Keung, a young Chinese boy who is looking for his father who had come to Canada seeking work. He had brought with him a white jade tiger amulet hoping to sell it but, instead, it has placed a curse on Keung’s family. Now he has disappeared with the amulet and Keung must find him and return the amulet if the curse is to be lifted. Unfortunately, he isn’t the only one after the amulet and Keung and Jasmine must race against time and danger if they are to make things right.

White Jade Tiger by author Julie Lawson is a Middle Grade historical novel. It offers a too often overlooked part of Canadian history wrapped in a story full of time travel and adventure. With its strong young female protagonist and its compelling storyline, this seems like a good read for any tween or early teen.

Thanks to Netgalley and Dundurn for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review
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ISBN

1550026534 / 9781550026535

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