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Oranges on Golden Mountain

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By Elizabeth Partridge
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - (Dutton Juvenile)
Oranges on Golden Mountain
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You are never alone. Your dream spirit, your Hun, will make sure of that, Jo Lees mother tells him when she sends him across the ocean to fish with Fourth Uncle on Golden MountainCalifornia. Adjusting to the strange new land is not easy, but the orange branches he has brought from home and his Huns nighttime travels remind Jo Lee of his roots and nourish his growth.In this finely wrought story of one Chinese boys transition to a new life in latenineteenthcentury California, Elizabeth Partridge captures the determination, family strength, and courage needed by all immigrants. Aki Sogabes cutpaper illustrations, as rich in character and historical detail as the text, soar with drama, imagination, andlike Jo Lees Huna deep desire to connect.

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1813 words1,813 words
40 pages40 pages
Lexile AD690LLexile AD690L
Grade K to 3Grade K to 3
Age 5-8Age 5-8
Published 2001Published 2001

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