Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; 1 "WE FOUND AN EARTH GOD!"; 2 THE TERRA-COTTA HEAD; 3 GETTING ACQUAINTED; 4 SCHOOL; 5 THE TEAHOUSE; 6 JOINING THE QIN ARMY; 7 ASSEMBLING; 8 GUARDING THE GREAT WALL; 9 THE POLITICAL OFFICER; 10 DYNAMITE; 11 FEEDING MING; 12 JOINING THE CAVALRY; 13 CHENGFU BATTLE; 14 JOURNEY TO THE TOMB; 15 INSIDE THE TOMB; 16 THE YELLOW-POWDER TRAP; 17 "YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE US!"; 18 SHÍ'S LAST BATTLE; 19 THE REWARD; 20 TOMB ROBBERS; 21 THE WALKIE-TALKIE; 22 SACRIFICE THE ARM, SAVE THE BODY; 23 THE TRAP; 24 VISITORS; 25 THREE MONTHS LATER; GLOSSARY; AUTHORS' NOTE |
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Ming's favorite stir-fried noodles, with wormsacknowledgments; illustration credits; about the authors |
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 |
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Print version record |
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Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C. -- Juvenile fiction
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Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259-210 B.C. -- Fiction
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Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C. fast |
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Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction
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Kings, queens, rulers, etc. -- Fiction
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Asia.
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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic.
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Antiquities
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Kings and rulers
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China -- Antiquities -- Juvenile fiction
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China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. -- Juvenile fiction
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China -- History -- 1949-1976 -- Juvenile fiction
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China -- Antiquities -- Fiction
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China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. -- Fiction
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China -- History -- 1949-1976 -- Fiction
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China
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Genre/Form |
Children's stories
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History
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Fiction
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Juvenile works
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Compestine, Vinson
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ISBN |
9781613125328 |
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1613125321 |
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