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Red Means Good Fortune: A Story of San Francisco's Chinatown
Jin Mun cannot wait for the Chinese New Year and hopes that he will find good fortune in the future, until he meets Wai Hing, a poor slave girl, and must come up with a way to set her free. Reprint.
54 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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March 16, 2013
gr 3-5 52 pgs
1868/1869 San Francisco. Chin Jin Mun works hard to help deliver the clean laundry to his father's customers, but he is always dreaming of the day he can go traveling to see the mountains. His Older Brother is working on the railroad and his letters are full of descriptions of the mountians where they are working. On one of his deliveries Jin Mun meets Lew Wai Hing, a slave. Jin Mun can't stop thinking about her and is determined to find a way to free her.
A quick read with lots of historical information about the time period. I would recommend this story to a reader who enjoyed the American Girl books
1868/1869 San Francisco. Chin Jin Mun works hard to help deliver the clean laundry to his father's customers, but he is always dreaming of the day he can go traveling to see the mountains. His Older Brother is working on the railroad and his letters are full of descriptions of the mountians where they are working. On one of his deliveries Jin Mun meets Lew Wai Hing, a slave. Jin Mun can't stop thinking about her and is determined to find a way to free her.
A quick read with lots of historical information about the time period. I would recommend this story to a reader who enjoyed the American Girl books
March 16, 2013
gr 3-5 52 pgs
1868/1869 San Francisco. Chin Jin Mun works hard to help deliver the clean laundry to his father's customers, but he is always dreaming of the day he can go traveling to see the mountains. His Older Brother is working on the railroad and his letters are full of descriptions of the mountians where they are working. On one of his deliveries Jin Mun meets Lew Wai Hing, a slave. Jin Mun can't stop thinking about her and is determined to find a way to free her.
A quick read with lots of historical information about the time period. I would recommend this story to a reader who enjoyed the American Girl books.
1868/1869 San Francisco. Chin Jin Mun works hard to help deliver the clean laundry to his father's customers, but he is always dreaming of the day he can go traveling to see the mountains. His Older Brother is working on the railroad and his letters are full of descriptions of the mountians where they are working. On one of his deliveries Jin Mun meets Lew Wai Hing, a slave. Jin Mun can't stop thinking about her and is determined to find a way to free her.
A quick read with lots of historical information about the time period. I would recommend this story to a reader who enjoyed the American Girl books.
August 1, 2012
Good storyk; best for 5th-6th grade levels. Interesting historical fiction. I wish I could find a book like this that goes more into depth on the subject of the Chinese working on the railroads, Chinese culture and Chinese girls sold into slavery.
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January 8, 2013
Lovely little book with insights into Chinese culture in 19th century America and China with New Year. Great representation of ten year olds with their dreams and logic. :)
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