Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier

Name: Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier
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ISBN: 9781419705403

ISBN-10: 1419705407

ISBN-13: 9781419705403

Edition: 2014

Authors: Ying Chang Compestine, Vinson Compestine

List price: $21.95

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In this action-packed adventure and coming-of-age story that finely weaves fact and fiction, thirteen-year-old Ming lives in a small village in Maoist China in the 1970s. His father is convinced that Emperor Qin’s tomb—and the life-size terra-cotta household and army created to serve and protect the emperor in the afterlife—lies hidden in the hills around them. But if Ming’s father doesn’t prove it soon, the town’s Political Officer will send him away. From the stories of a terra-cotta soldier who has survived through the centuries, Ming learns the history of Emperor Qin, known both for building the Great Wall of China and for burying scholars alive, and how and why the terra-cotta soldiers…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 1/7/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English