Teenager Shen and his younger sister, Chang, seek refuge with a troupe of traveling acrobats after they are separated from their parents, and eventually join the Treasure Fleet of the new Emperor in hopes that it would keep them out of harm's way.
year: 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: ocean travel, fiction, brothers and sisters, historical fiction, nanjing shi (china), history, china, ming dynasty, 1368-1644, fiction, global lit