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Author:

Compestine, Ying Chang.

Title:

Secrets of the terra-cotta soldier. / by Ying Chang Compestine and Vinson Compestine.

Publisher:

Amulet Books,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

224 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

China--Antiquities--Fiction.
Qin shi huang, Emperor of China,--259-210 B.C.--Fiction.
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.--Fiction.
China--History--Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.--Fiction.
China--History--1949-1976--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Compestine, Vinson.

Summary:

Through the stories of a terra-cotta soldier who has survived through the centuries, thirteen-year-old Ming, a village boy in 1970s China, 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 came to be.

ISBN:

1419705407
9781419705403

LCCN:

2013006284

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)