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The Traitor
By Yep, Laurence
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06027-522-8 978-0-06027-523-5
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
Gr 6-9 This novel, based on a true event, tells the story of two young teens who live in Rock Springs, WY, in 1885 when animosity between American and Chinese miners reaches its peak. Born in the U.S. of Chinese parents, Joseph Young considers himself an American, but both communities see him as only Chinese. Michael Purdy is an "outsider" because of his illegitimate birth. The boys meet when Michael escapes hounding by bullies and hides in a cave outside of town where...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
The lives of two boys, old beyond their twelve years, intertwine in this saga of ugly events in the Wyoming Territory in the 1880s. Yep has crisscrossed back and forth over a century and a half in his "Golden Mountain Chronicles"; this ninth novel focuses on the 1885 race riot in which white coal miners massacred the Chinese workers favored by the mine owner. Having fallen into disrepute in San Francisco, Otter Young of Dragon's Gate (rev. 3/94) has spiraled down th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
