http://blogs.dalton.org/c16rb Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:35:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 © blogs.admin@dalton.org () blogs.admin@dalton.org() blogs.admin@dalton.org No no http://blogs.dalton.org/c16rb/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://blogs.dalton.org/c16rb 144 144 http://blogs.dalton.org/c16rb/2008/01/23/the-journal-of-wong-ming-chung/ http://blogs.dalton.org/c16rb/2008/01/23/the-journal-of-wong-ming-chung/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:37:20 +0000 c16rb http://blogs.dalton.org/c16rb/2008/01/23/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.

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