Hardened survivor Aiden Lynch's luck continues to serve him when he wins a ship in a high-stakes poker game. The ship is well-fitted and ready for trade, and so Aiden becomes a trader between California and Peru. However, nothing in his past prepared Aiden for the cruelty and savagery he sees in Peru, particularly in the mines--and when Aiden meets a Chinese miner who claims to be a captured nobleman, his loyalties come into question.
year: 2013
call number/section: 1000
subjects: conduct of life, fiction, seafaring life, commerce, race relations, chinese, peru, history, fiction, san francisco (calif.), peru, historical fiction
Editions
McKernan, Victoria
Alfred A. Knopf (2013)
In mid-1860s San Francisco, sixteen-year-old Aiden gains a hoped-for chance at a change in fortune when he wins a ship in a poker game, but soon he is involved in Peru's savage guano trade and the exploitation of its Chinese workers.
Schools: 2
McKernan, Victoria
Hardened survivor Aiden Lynch's luck continues to serve him when he wins a ship in a high-stakes poker game. The ship is well-fitted and ready for trade, and so Aiden becomes a trader between California and Peru. However, nothing in his past prepared Aiden for the cruelty and savagery he sees in Peru, particularly in the mines--and when Aiden meets a Chinese miner who claims to be a captured nobleman, his loyalties come into question.
Schools: 0
McKernan, Victoria
Hardened survivor Aiden Lynch's luck continues to serve him when he wins a ship in a high-stakes poker game. The ship is well-fitted and ready for trade, and so Aiden becomes a trader between California and Peru. However, nothing in his past prepared Aiden for the cruelty and savagery he sees in Peru, particularly in the mines--and when Aiden meets a Chinese miner who claims to be a captured nobleman, his loyalties come into question.
Schools: 1