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The Journey of Meng
By Rappaport, Doreen & Yang, Ming-Yi
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80370-895-2
- Publisher
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1991.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1991
Gr 3-10 This Chinese legend concerns a faithful wife who journeys north with warm clothing for her husband, who has been conscripted to help build the Great Wall. There Meng learns that her husband was interred in the great edifice upon his death, but no one knows where. Consequently, she searches the length of it, wailing. Whole sections shatter and burst, revealing the remains of many. Meng pricks her finger and dribbles blood over them, shouting for it to penetrate the "bones of my beloved...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
