The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung by Lawrence Yep is a historical fiction book about a Chinese miner-boy during the Gold Rush. Wong sails to America on a ship called the Excaliber. Many die on the ship. Once in America, Wong finds that the Americans beat and attack the Chinese, making the journey to where Wong’s uncle is working in the gold fields dangerous. Lawrence Yep uses many historical facts in his writing, including the use of water chains and “rockers” in Chinese mining. He is very descriptive, making the book sound very realistic. Some examples of this are: “the river hates being stopped”(p.121) and “It’s like the old story about the beautiful flower hiding the snake: when you’re drawn to the lovliness, the snake strikes, killing you.” Overall, The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung is a very good work of historical fiction.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:24 am
I’m glad you found this a good work of historical fiction. I liked the examples you provided to show us that and hope that this gave you a model to use for when you write your own work of historical fiction in a little while.
January 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
i like the language you use.
January 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Nice description of the book, c16rb. I read the book, too. Write another one soon, please.
January 29th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I like how you said specific things like what the ship was called and you said stuff that he said I like what you said about chungs uncle