Ghost Train

Informationen zum Autor PAUL YEE was born in Spalding, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown. A former archivist, he now writes full time. His books have won many awards and honors, including the Governor General's Award (Ghost Train), the Ruth Schwartz Award (Ghost Train and Roses Sing on New Snow), and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award (Tales from Gold Mountain). He has won the Vancouver Book Award and been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize, and his books have been named to several lists, including NYPL Books for the Teen Age (Dead Man¿s Gold), ALA Notables and Booklist's Top Ten Historical Fiction. Most recently, Paul¿s young adult novel Money Boy was named a Stonewall Honor Book and he won the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work. Paul lives in Toronto. Klappentext The story of a young Chinese girl arriving in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway, and how she finds a way through her grief by returning the bones of other railroad workers to China where they were born. Zusammenfassung The story of a young Chinese girl who arrives in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway. This powerful, unforgettable and multi-award-winning tale is based on the lives of the Chinese who settled on the west coast of North America in the early 1900s. Left behind in China by her father, who has gone to North America to find work, Choon-yi has made her living by selling her paintings in the market. When her father writes one day and asks her to join him, she joyously sets off, only to discover that he has been killed. Choon-yi sees the railway and the giant train engines that her father died for, and she is filled with an urge to paint them. But her work disappoints her until a ghostly presence beckons her to board a train where she meets the ghosts of the men who died building the railway. She is able to give them peace by returning their bones to China where they were born. Ghostly, magical and yet redeeming, this tale by Paul Yee is superbly illustrated by Harvey Chan. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) ...

Product details

• Authors: Paul Yee, Paul/ Chan Yee, Yee Paul
• Assisted by: Harvey Chan (Illustration), Chan Harvey (Illustration)
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 6
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2013
• EAN: 9781554983896
• ISBN: 978-1-55498-389-6
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Canada, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, Picture Book, Middle East, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Middle East, Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Canada / General, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / General, award-winning, JUVENILE FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Middle East, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Canada