| Ghost Train Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Yee, Paul (Author), Chan, Harvey (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1554983894 ISBN-13: 9781554983896 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Middle East - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.4" W x 11" (0.85 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 18675 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story of a young Chinese girl arriving in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway, and how she finds a way through her grief. This powerful, unforgettable and multi-award-winning tale is based on the lives of the Chinese who settled on the west coast of North America in the early 1900s. Left behind in China by her father, who has gone to North America to find work, Choon-yi has made her living by selling her paintings in the market. When her father writes one day and asks her to join him, she joyously sets off, only to discover that he has been killed. Choon-yi sees the railway and the giant train engines that her father died for, and she is filled with an urge to paint them. But her work disappoints her until a ghostly presence beckons her to board the train where she meets the ghosts of the men who died building the railway. She is able to give them peace by returning their bones to China where they were born. |