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* 1994 Newbery Honor 수상작
사고로 만주 군인을 살해한 14세 중국소년 오터는 중국을 탈출해 아버지와 숙부가 살고 있는 미국으로 건너 오지만, 그들은 대륙횡단 철도를 건설하는 노동자로서 노예와 같은 비참한 생활을 하고 있었습니다. 오터의 아메리칸 드림은 산산히 무너졌지만, 마음 속에 지녀왔던 또 다른 꿈, 조국 중국의 이민족과 외국 열강, 그리고 아편으로 부터 구해야겠다는 열망은 점점 구체적인 모습으로 다가옵니다....
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Edition: Paperback: 352 pages
ISBN: 0064404897
책 크기: 19.3cm x 13cm
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Book Description
In 1867, Otter travels from Three Willows Village in China to California, the Land of the Golden Mountain. There he will join his father and uncle.
In spite of the presence of family, Otter is a stranger among the other Chinese in this new land. And where he expected to see a land of goldfields, he sees only vast, cold whiteness. But Otter's dream is to learn all he can, take the technology back to the Middle Kingdom, and free China from the Manchu invaders.
Otter and the others board a machine that will change his life, a train for which he would open the Dragon's Gate.
About the Author
Laurence Yep grew up in San Francisco, where he was born. He attended Marquette University, was graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. Yep now lives in Pacific Grove, California.
One of children's literature's most respected Asian American authors, Mr. Yep has written many novels, including Dragonwings, a Newbery Honor Book of 1976, and Dragon's Gate, a Newbery Honor Book of 1994. He is also the author of When the Circus Came to Town; The Imp That Ate My Homework, winner of the Georgia Children's Book Award; and The Magic Paintbrush.
The author of numerous other books for children and young adults, Mr. Yep has also taught creative writing and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Barbara. In 1990 he received an NEA fellowship in fiction.
Publishers Weekly
This 1994 Newbery Honor Book, a prequel to Dragonwings, tells of 14-year-old Otter's 1865 emigration from China and subsequent travails in California.
Children's Literature
What are the hardships of being a young Chinese boy in a new American frontier during the late 1800's? What do you do when you have come from a privileged background and you are suddenly thrust into an unbearable work environment of little food, long grueling hours, and unbelievable danger? America's quest to build a transcontinental railroad is historically detailed in this fictional account of laying track across an unforgiving mountain known as "Snow Tiger." Young Otter wishes to join his father and uncle in America so he can be part of a new creation called the railroad. Forbidden by his adopted mother to join his father and uncle in the land of promise, Otter suddenly finds himself in jeopardy after encountering the combative Manchus. He arrives in America to find life is not what he thought. His uncle "Foxfire" is not the great man he thought him to be, and his once kingly father has been reduced to a groveling laborer. The intense physical labor, dangerous work, starvation, bitter cold, racial prejudice, and isolation bring the reader's senses to life. We feel Otter's desperation. Friendship and family love provide strength in this heart felt story. 2005 (orig. 1995), HarperCollins Children's Books, Ages 12 up. - Robyn Gioia
School Library Journal
Yep uses the lively storytelling techniques of his ``Dragon'' fantasy-adventure novels to re-create a stirring historical event-here, the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Serpent's Children (1984) and Mountain Light (1985, both HarperCollins) described the political and natural disasters that led to widespread famine in 19th-century Southern China. Cassia and Foxfire, the ``Serpent's Children,'' came from a long line of revolutionaries. Foxfire followed his dreams across the sea to the ``Golden Mountain,'' California, where he earned enough money to revitalize his village. Dragon's Gate opens in China with Foxfire making a triumphant visit home. Otter, Cassia's adopted son, who tells the story, worships his uncle and longs to follow him back to the Golden Mountain. Granted his wish at last, Otter finds Foxfire working on ``Snow Tiger,'' a mountain in the Sierra Nevada range, where Chinese laborers strive to hew a tunnel through solid rock. Appalled by the living conditions and disillusioned with his uncle, Otter must struggle to survive racial prejudice, cold, starvation, the foreman's whip, and the dangers of frostbite and avalanche while trying to reconcile his ideals and dreams with harsh reality, and to find his place in a strange land. Combining believable characters with thrilling adventure, Yep convinces readers that the Chinese railroad workers were indeed men to match the towering mountains of the west. Because the first few chapters, set in China, may be a bit confusing to children who have not read the previous two books, this will likely need booktalking.-Margaret A. Chang, North Adams State College, MA |
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