Booktalk: In China in the early 1900s, any girl born in the Year of the Fire Horse is considered incredibly unlucky. She will possess all the Fire Horse characteristics that make her dangerous and unwanted to her family: temperamental, stubborn, selfish, and far too strong. Jade Moon is a Fire Horse girl, and she hopes that an unexpected journey to the United States will give her the chance to escape her unlucky fate. However, to help her escape an unfair detainment at Angel Island Immigration Station, Jade will have to call upon all her Fire Horse traits to take on a new identity and a new destiny. Reviews: (starred) Jan. 1, 2013 Booklist Fall 2013 Horn Book Nov. 15, 2012 Kirkus Reviews Aug./Sept. 2013 Library Media Connection Nov. 26, 2012 Publishers Weekly Jan. 1, 2013 School Library Journal Awards or Honors: Parents’ Choice Gold Award Booklist Top Ten Historical Fiction 2012-13 Author Website: Related Books: by Russell Freedman Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain by Laurence Yep The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island Like Try Why: – – Like by Hesse? – Witness Try by Kay Honeyman The Fire Horse Girl – Why Both novels show girls who are brave in the face of racism in the 1920s. – Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd Citation:
Booktalk: In China in the early 1900s, any girl born in the Year of the Fire Horse is considered incredibly unlucky. She will possess all the Fire Horse characteristics that make her dangerous and unwanted to her family: temperamental, stubborn, selfish, and far too strong. Jade Moon is a Fire Horse girl, and she hopes that an unexpected journey to the United States will give her the chance to escape her unlucky fate. However, to help her escape an unfair detainment at Angel Island Immigration Station, Jade will have to call upon all her Fire Horse traits to take on a new identity and a new destiny. Reviews: Booklist (starred) Jan. 1, 2013 Horn Book Fall 2013 Kirkus Reviews Nov. 15, 2012 Library Media Connection Aug./Sept. 2013 Publishers Weekly Nov. 26, 2012 School Library Journal Jan. 1, 2013 Awards or Honors: Parents’ Choice Gold Award Booklist Top Ten Historical Fiction 2012-13 Author Website: Related Books: Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain by Russell Freedman The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island by Laurence Yep Like – Try – Why: Like – Witness by Hesse? Try – The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman Why – Both novels show girls who are brave in the face of racism in the 1920s. Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd Citation:
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