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Li Lun, Lad of Courage

by Carolyn Treffinger · 1947

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Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedlings flourish where no one else has for generations.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
educationeducationMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 96 pages

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