- Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864
Abducted from his home by bandits, fifteen-year-old Wang Lee is rescued from slavery by a mysterious girl who introduces him to the Taiping Tienkuo, a secret society partly based on Christian principles and dedicated to the overthrow of the Manchu government.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Katherine Paterson
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 229
- Publisher
- recorded books, Demco Media, Puffin
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780575033290
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“THE SUN WAS HIGH in the summer heaven, burning Wang Lee's back brick red like the soil into which he dug his hoe.”
Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 40 books, including 18 novels for children and young people. She has twice won the Newbery Medal, for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob Have I Loved in 1981. The Patersons have four grown children and seven grandchildren. Katherine currently resides in Vermont with her faithful dog, Pixie.
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