In late nineteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane McCully defies the townspeople and her lighthouse-keeper father to help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her.
year: 2003, 2001, 2002
call number/section: 1000
subjects: chinese americans, fiction, prejudices, lighthouses, christian life, historical fiction, california, history, 1850-1950, fiction, history, 1850-1950
Editions
Fletcher, Susan
Aladdin Paperbacks (2003)
In late nineteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane McCully defies the townspeople and her lighthouse-keeper father to help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her.
Schools: 3
Fletcher, Susan
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2001)
In late nineteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane McCully defies the townspeople and her lighthouse-keeper father to help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her.
Schools: 4
Fletcher, Susan
Scholastic (2002)
In late ninteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane McCully defies the townspeople and her lighthouse keeper father to help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her.
Schools: 1