Gold Mountain

by Betty G. Yee

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Pub Date Apr 05 2022 | Archive Date Apr 30 2022

Lerner Publishing Group | Carolrhoda Lab ®

Historical Fiction | Teens & YA

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Description

Growing up in 1860s China, Tam Ling Fan has lived a life of comfort. Her father, a magistrate, is wealthy enough to provide for his family yet nontraditional enough to spare Ling Fan from the debilitating foot-binding required of most well-off girls. But her life is upended when her brother, Jing Fan, dies and their father is imprisoned under false accusations. To earn the money that will secure her father's release, Ling Fan disguises herself as Jing Fan and takes his contract to work as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad in America. Once there, she must face grueling work conditions, avalanches, treachery, and racism to save what is left of her family.

Growing up in 1860s China, Tam Ling Fan has lived a life of comfort. Her father, a magistrate, is wealthy enough to provide for his family yet nontraditional enough to spare Ling Fan from the...

Advance Praise

"Ling Fan felt like my indomitable best friend—I was rooting for her as she faced impossible stakes and truly terrifying villainy. I loved this book!"—Karen Bao, author of The Dove Chronicles series

"A story of strength, courage, and resilience that not only brings the past to vivid, complex life, but has much to say about the present...thrilling, engrossing, and moving. I couldn't put it down." —Kate Racculia, author of Bellweather Rhapsody

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