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Walk Across the Sea Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Fletcher, Susan (Author)

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 ISBN: 0689857071     ISBN-13: 9780689857072
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
OUR PRICE: $11.35  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: June 2003
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Annotation: Award-winning novelist Fletcher brings readers back to 1886, when Chinese immigrants flooded into California towns like Crescent City, home to Eliza Jane McCully. When Eliza's life is saved by a young Chinese boy, her perceptions of the immigrants begins to change.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 000050246
Age Level: 10-14
Grade Level: 5-9
Lexile Measure: 600(Not Available)
Series: Aladdin Historical Fiction
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.04" W x 8.11" L (0.56 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Cultural Region - West Coast
- Ethnic Orientation - Chinese
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Topical - Friendship
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Kliatt 07/01/2003 pg. 20
PW Notes and Reprints 07/14/2003 pg. 78
Publishers Weekly 07/14/2003
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 55033
Reading Level: 4.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
By 1886 many of Eliza Jane McCully's neighbors are concerned that the growing immigrant Chinese population is threatening their comfortable way of life. But it is a young Chinese boy named Wah Chung who saves Eliza and her pet goat from being swept into the sea by a deadly wave. This makes Eliza wonder: Are the Chinese really people to be feared, as her father and their neighbors believe? Or are the Chinese immigrants people with whom the townspeople in Crescent City could live peaceably, with a little tolerance and understanding?

Contributor Bio(s): Fletcher, Susan: - Susan Fletcher is the acclaimed author of Journey of the Pale Bear; as well as the Dragon Chronicles, composed of Dragon's Milk, Flight of the Dragon Kyn, Sign of the Dove, and Ancient, Strange, and Lovely; and the award-winning Alphabet of Dreams, Shadow Spinner, Walk Across the Sea, and Falcon in the Glass. Ms. Fletcher lives in Bryan, Texas. Visit her at Susan Fletcher.com.
 
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