Lixia of Gold Mountain

by Clara Stites

Disguised as a boy, young Lixia travels with her mother from China to Stockton, California, in the 1860s, where they join Lixia's father and uncles, who hope to find gold, and make a new home.

100 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

About the author

Reader, writer, editor, sailor, wannabe farmer, sister of a swami, married with grandchildren. Life slips into my writing, writing into my life. The inspiration for Sand and Gravel came from an old farmhouse that fascinated me when I was a child; all the earth around the house had been dug out and carried away by a family-run gravel operation, yet the family still lived in the house. How strange, I thought. From there, the book grew, combining memory and imagination.

Sand and Gravel is my first novel. I have also written four historical books for middle readers and several dozen stories that have appeared in literary magazines. I live in Massachusetts with my husband, half a dozen chickens, and four border collies.

Reviews

[Clara]

Beautiful. Also, available in Ebook format!