Called to follow the wind and search for information about his father who disappeared many years ago, thirteen-year-old Chengli, carrying a piece of jade with strange writing that had belonged to his father, joins a caravan charged with giving safe passage to the Emperor's daughter as it navigates the constant dangers of the Silk Road in 630 A.D.
year: 2011
call number/section: 1000
subjects: caravans, fiction, trade routes, princesses, fathers, historical fiction, silk road, fiction, china, history