This book is part of the series 'Golden Mountain Chronicles'
Which includes these titles:
- The Serpent's Children (1849) - published 1984
- Mountain Light (1855) - published 1985
- Dragon's Gate (1867) (Newbery Honor) - published 1993 - This book is a Sonlight Book
- The Traitor (1885) - published 2003
- Dragonwings (1903) (Newbery Honor) - published 1975
- Dragon Road (1939) (originally titled The Red Warrior) - published 2007
- Child of the Owl (1960) - published 1977
- Sea Glass (1970) - published 1979
- Thief of Hearts (1995) - published 1995
Summary/Blurb of 'The Traitor':
In the Wyoming territory in 1885, life is tough, especially for Michael Purdy. An outcast in the small town of Rock Springs, he's either bullied and bloodied, or ignored. Michael feels he might as well be a ghost in this rough coal-mining town.
But life is even harder for Joseph Young, a Chinese American boy and Michael's secret ally.
Despised by the white miners, the Chinese work in dangerous conditions, struggling against poverty and racism. Still, Joseph yearns to be a "real American" a dream his father and the other Chinese laborers can't understand.
When the town's growing resentment toward the Chinese explodes, Michael and Joseph must test their unlikely friendship and trust each other with their lives.
My review(so far)...
I am enjoying this book. It shows clearly the history of the Chinese in America and the resentment that the 'Westerners' or the 'Americans' had of the Chinese people. I have jumped into the 'Golden Mountain Series' at the 4th book, but i think these are a series that you can get away with just starting at any book. This book is a Sonlight tie-in
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