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Harvey Chan (illustrator) and
Paul Yee
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Publication date
October 1, 1996
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Easy Fiction
ISBN-13
9780888992574
ISBN-10
0888992572
Dimensions
0.50 by 9.25 by 12.75 in.
Original list price
$15.95
Other format details
juvenile
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When a Chinese peasant girl, Choon-yi, who has only one magical arm, learns of her father's death, she returns to China, where her father's ghost tells her to paint the 'fire car' that rides the rails he helped build, and her paintings come alive to transports home the souls of the laborers who died while building the railway.
Editions
Hardcover
35 anv edition from Groundwood Books (September 24, 2013)
9781554983896 | details & prices | 32 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.90 lbs | List price $14.95
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from Groundwood Books (October 1, 1996)
9780888992574 | details & prices | 9.25 × 12.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.95 lbs | List price $15.95
About: A Chinese peasant girl, Choon-yi, is visited by the ghost of her father, who tells her to paint the 'fire car' that rides the rails he helped build, and her painting comes alive to transport home the souls of the laborers who died while building the railway.
About: A Chinese peasant girl, Choon-yi, is visited by the ghost of her father, who tells her to paint the 'fire car' that rides the rails he helped build, and her painting comes alive to transport home the souls of the laborers who died while building the railway.
from Diane Pub Co (September 30, 1996)
9780756790837 | details & prices | 29 pages | 9.00 × 11.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $16.00
Paperback
from Groundwood Books (March 1, 2010)
9780888999801 | details & prices | 32 pages | 6.75 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.25 lbs | List price $7.95
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