Li Jun and the Iron Road
by
Anne Tait
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1459731425
ISBN-13
9781459731424
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd
Imprint
Dundurn Group Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 4th, 2016
Print length
184 Pages
Weight
219 grams
Dimensions
20.30 x 12.70 x 2.50 cms
Ksh 1,450.00
Re-Printing
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Secure
Quality
Fast
Little Tiger's father left for Canada years ago, never to be heard from again. When her dying mother sends Little Tiger to find him, she finds work on the Canadian railway, disguised as a man. Threatened by prejudice on all sides, Little Tiger's troubles reach a breaking point when the privileged son of a railway tycoon takes an interest in her.
CCBCs Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) Commended
From the award-winning movie comes a story of courage and forbidden love.
Its 1882 in southern China. Li Jun, a feisty homeless girl disguised as a boy called Little Tiger, works in a fireworks factory and yearns to sail across the ocean to the mysterious Gold Mountain in faraway British Columbia to find her long-lost father and fulfill her promise to her dying mother.
She joins thousands of Chinese men blasting a path for the new railway through the impassable Rocky Mountains. There she faces danger, deceit, and prejudice at every turn. Then, defying all the rules, she falls in love with James, the son of the railway tycoon.
Should she reveal her true identity to him? Coming from such different worlds, could they make a life together?
From the award-winning movie comes a story of courage and forbidden love.
Its 1882 in southern China. Li Jun, a feisty homeless girl disguised as a boy called Little Tiger, works in a fireworks factory and yearns to sail across the ocean to the mysterious Gold Mountain in faraway British Columbia to find her long-lost father and fulfill her promise to her dying mother.
She joins thousands of Chinese men blasting a path for the new railway through the impassable Rocky Mountains. There she faces danger, deceit, and prejudice at every turn. Then, defying all the rules, she falls in love with James, the son of the railway tycoon.
Should she reveal her true identity to him? Coming from such different worlds, could they make a life together?
CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) — Commended
From the award-winning movie comes a story of courage and forbidden love.
It’s 1882 in southern China. Li Jun, a feisty homeless girl disguised as a boy called Little Tiger, works in a fireworks factory and yearns to sail across the ocean to the mysterious Gold Mountain in faraway British Columbia to find her long-lost father and fulfill her promise to her dying mother.
She joins thousands of Chinese men blasting a path for the new railway through the “impassable” Rocky Mountains. There she faces danger, deceit, and prejudice at every turn. Then, defying all the rules, she falls in love with James, the son of the railway tycoon.
Should she reveal her true identity to him? Coming from such different worlds, could they make a life together?
From the award-winning movie comes a story of courage and forbidden love.
It’s 1882 in southern China. Li Jun, a feisty homeless girl disguised as a boy called Little Tiger, works in a fireworks factory and yearns to sail across the ocean to the mysterious Gold Mountain in faraway British Columbia to find her long-lost father and fulfill her promise to her dying mother.
She joins thousands of Chinese men blasting a path for the new railway through the “impassable” Rocky Mountains. There she faces danger, deceit, and prejudice at every turn. Then, defying all the rules, she falls in love with James, the son of the railway tycoon.
Should she reveal her true identity to him? Coming from such different worlds, could they make a life together?
Get Li Jun and the Iron Road by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Dundurn Group Ltd and it has pages.
