Download or read book White Jade Tiger written by Julie Lawson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1993-04-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1993 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award and the CLA Book of the Year Award Jasmine is not sure she likes the idea of being stuck in Victoria while her father goes to China for a year. But on a field trip to Chinatown, she explores a curious shop in Fan Tan Alley and accidentally passes through a hidden door. She finds herself in Victoria's Chinatown of the late 1880's. Mistaken for a Chinese boy, she is soon caught up in a race through the Fraser Canyon to find a tiger amulet.
Download or read book White Jade Tiger by Julie Lawson written by Dahl, Roald and published by Brechin, ON : Teacher TimeSavers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White Jade Tiger written by Julie Lawson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-12-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a trip to Chinatown, thirteen-year-old Jasmine steps through a doorway back in time and finds herself in the 1880s. 1994 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize — Winner 1994 Candian Library Association Book of the Year Award — Runner-up 1995 Silver Birch Award — Shortlisted CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2017) Selection Jasmine is not sure she likes the idea of being stuck in Victoria while her father goes to China. But on a field trip to Chinatown, she changes her mind. Passing through a doorway in Fan Tan Alley, she mysteriously finds herself in the early 1880s. Adventure begins with a new friend, a journey to the Fraser Canyon during the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a search for an ancient amulet. But Jasmine is not the only one searching for the white jade tiger...
Download or read book White Jade Tiger written by Julie Lawson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1993-04-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a trip to Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia, 13-year-old Jasmine steps through a doorway back in time and finds herself in the much different Chinatown of the 1880s.
Download or read book White Jade Tiger written by Julie Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide for White Jade Tiger contains novel ideas and activities encompassing all areas of language arts, as well as social studies, science and art. Novel worksheets, archive photos, maps, crossword puzzle and word searches are also included.
Download or read book White Jade Tiger written by Julie Lawson and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children's Literature and a CLA Notable, this novel is a wonderful tale of intrigue and adventure about the building of the great Canadian Pacific Railway. Jasmine is not sure she likes the idea of being stuck in Victoria while her father goes to China for a year. But on a field trip to Chinatown, she explores a curious shop in Fan Tan Alley and accidentally passes through a hidden door. She finds herself in Victoria's Chinatown of the 1880s. Mistaken for a Chinese boy, she is soon caught up in a race through the Fraser Canyon to find a tiger amulet.
Download or read book The Dundurn Group Junior and Teen Fiction Catalogue written by #n/a! and published by Dundurn. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Austronesian Dilemma written by J.G. Cheock and published by J.G. Cheock. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book opened our eyes to the amazing art and inspirational genius of our Austronesian ancestors. It leads us to the question of 'what happened to them?'. Book 2, The Austronesian Dilemma seeks to answer this question by allowing nephrite jade artifacts and ancient texts tell the story.
Download or read book Most Conceited War God written by Ling YuanHanMo and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was said that there was a stream of sword Qi in the myriad realms of heaven and earth, which could be condensed into the most tyrannical sharp sword. As long as a person completely possessed of this sword, they would be able to sweep across the world, ignore the limitations of any realm, and become the strongest and most arrogant person in the world. The youth, Ling Jian, encountered a natural disaster during the Shaolin trial in his previous life. His soul transmigrated to another world and accidentally encountered this sword energy. He desired to step onto the peak of all worlds! I have one pupil that can accommodate all living things, but Na Baichuan can control all swords. If you give me a sword, I can break through the firmament. I can suppress all lands, and I can control the heavens. If you give me a single blade, I can bury the Heavens and the Earth, I can cut down outstanding individuals, and I can break through ten thousand worlds. If you shoot me, you can point to heaven, you can pass through hell, and you can stir up the winds and clouds. Close]
Download or read book The soul of the old country written by Zhang Wei and published by Devneybooks. This book was released on with total page 965 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every end of the month is a tough time for office workers, especially college graduates like Chu Fei, who don't even have a decent job yet and can only make ends meet by doing odd jobs. But ChuFei grew up in an orphanage, this kind of situation is also common.
Download or read book White Jade written by Anna Podhaski and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Jade weaves a story of legend, truth, and betrayal, spanning two continents and hundreds of years. Driven from the shores of their beloved China in the 1880's, Meili's heirs travel to San Francisco, where they find themselves thrust into a strange, foreign worlda world of Nob Hill wealth, romance, clandestine societies, betrayals, ghosts, and self-discovery. Three diverse families intertwine as cultures collide, deceptions unravel, and the legacy of a legendary big luck grabs hold of them all! Can a legendary jade amulet really possess the power to change the luck not only of the living but also of the dead? For decades, Meili and her heirs must hold on to a small jade goat to unlock its legendary big luck. Little do they know that the White Jade, guarded by a mysterious ghostly figure and sought after by a rising tong leader, is destined to launch them on an incredible journey that spans cultures and generations. I warn you, luck can come disguised in many ways. You must wear the White Jade wellthis you must do for the sake of the ancestors.
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Download or read book Jade written by Berthold Laufer and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two minerals nephrite and jadeite, popularly comprised under the name jade, belong to the hardest and most cherished materials of which primitive man availed himself in shaping his chisels, hatchets, ornaments, amulets and many other implements. Such objects, partially of considerable antiquity, have been found in many parts of the world--in Asia, New Zealand, in prehistoric Europe and America. -- Introduction.
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