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Oranges on Golden Mountain
By Partridge, Elizabeth & Sogabe, Aki
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-52546-453-2
- Publisher
- New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2001
Gr 1-4 This handsome picture book tells the story of a young immigrant fisherman in the 1850s. Jo Lee's widowed mother sends him from their drought-stricken village to join his uncle in California. Reluctantly, the boy makes the arduous trip, taking with him branches of his mother's orange trees to plant when he arrives. Partridge introduces a fantasy element drawn straight from Chinese philosophy and traditional literature: the notion that a spirit can leav...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
