DRAGON'S GATE

When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867.

Author:  Laurence Yep
HarperCollins, 1997
First edition, first printing
1994 Newbery Honor

Hardback with dust jacket. Previously owned and in good to very good condition. Measures approximately 6 x 7.5 inches. 276 pages. 

Dust jacket has a light 2.5 inch crease on the front, light edge wear, and a 1-inch dampstain on the verso. Price shows $15.00. No medal on the dust jacket. Dust jacket is in a new, protective Brodart cover.

Boards have light rubbing on the bottom edges. Two board corners are slightly bent. Spine is tight, but is bumped on the ends and has a little foxing. Pages are clean. No writing inside. Three pages have a small nick or edge wear. Top page end has light foxing. Good to very good readable condition. 

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