Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781933718545 (1933718544)
Publish date: August 23rd 2011
Publisher: Tanglewood Press
Pages no: 200
Edition language: English
6/28/11 ** Book-a-day challenge: Day 31, Book 37 ** Chengli has a mysterious piece of jade - half a circle. He's been told that it holds the key to his missing father. The book begins when Chengli continues to feel a ghost wind, one that's driving him away from the silk merchant he currently works...
Fast-paced and engaging story of a boy struggling to find news of his father along China's legendary silk road. It's historical fiction, set during the Tang Dynasty. Reminded me of Heart of a Samurai, which was one of my favorite of last year's middle-grade novels. The ending is particularly good, a...
14 years ago
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