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Title details for The Terracotta Girl by Jessica Gunderson - Available

The Terracotta Girl

A Story of Ancient China

by Jessica Gunderson
Caroline Hu
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After Yung-lu's father dies of mercury poisoning, the young girl leaves for Chang'an. She is determined to take her father's place as a warrior. When Yung-lu arrives, she is met with two big surprises. The emperor is taking mercury, and the army is not what she had imagined. Will Yung-lu become a warrior? More importantly, will she save the emperor from mercury poisoning?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Read-It! Chapter Books: Historical Tales

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 1, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781663968593

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 560
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      February 1, 2009
      Gr 2-5-Sassy, graphic-novel-style illustrations give these great little first chapter books extra appeal. Each one tells its storythat of an arrogant artist's apprentice ("Painting"), a fisherboy with low self-esteem ("Dragon"), the garrulous daughter of a wealthy silk merchant ("Silk Road"), and an outspoken orphan girl ("Terracotta Girl")against the backdrop of some aspect of Chinese culture. Thus readers learn about scroll painting, "jiao di" wrestling, the silk trade, and Emperor Qin's terracotta soldiers. While this is by no means an unusual formula, it is one that is seldom seen in first chapter books, and rarely executed with such verve: the characters learn their lessons (often with help from the words of Confucius) and children learn about China without ever feeling hit over the head. Wonderful introductions to historical fiction."Paula Willey, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD"

      Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:560
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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