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The library of legends : a novel / Janie Chang.
China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China's western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure, a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Her family's past has made Lian wary of forming attachments, but the students' common duty to safeguard the Library of Legends forms unexpected bonds. Lian finds friendship and a cautious romance with the handsome and wealthy Liu Shaoming. But after one classmate is murdered and another arrested, Lian realizes she must escape from the convoy before a family secret puts her in danger.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443456050 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 366, 22 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : HarperAvenue, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes reading group guide. |
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| Subject: | Teenagers > China > Fiction. College students > China > Fiction. Mythology, Chinese > Fiction. China > Antiquities > Fiction. China > History > 1928-1937 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Chang | 31681010194850 | FICTION | Available | - |
