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Lady of Ch'iao Kuo, Warrior of the South

by Laurence Yep

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I absolutely love the entire Royal Diaries series. They are all incredibly brilliant. MY favorite are Jahanara, Eleanor and Lady of Ch'iao Kuo. They're a great way to learn history. ( )
  benuathanasia | Sep 5, 2012 |
What an excellent book! Yep fictionally reconstructs the early life of Lady Redbird, the queen of the Hsien people, a tribe living in the rainforests southwest of Canton. She is sent from her tribe’s base to live in a Chinese colony where she discovers the love of books and learning. At the same time she learns what it is to be considered to be outside of her own culture, drawn toward Chinese, yet repelled from it by her own background. ( )
  baobab | Nov 16, 2010 |
In 531 A.D., A fifteen year old princess of the Hsion tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liason between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.
  hgcslibrary | Nov 29, 2009 |
I enjoyed this book it really descrobes life through a childs eyes as her life changes she takes you through it you are the narrator and is the one feeling, seeing all the girl's seen. ( )
  Melodie1 | Apr 24, 2009 |
Princess Red Bird is the daughter of the king of all the Hsien people in Southern China, in the year A.D. 531. As a princess, Red Bird has many responsibilities to her people. For the past few years, her parents have sent her to be educated in a Chinese colonial town. She has learned to read and speak in Chinese, and to serve as an interpreter between her people and the Chinese officials. Red Bird is only sixteen, but she has had to grow up fast, and when war erupts, her life changes even more. She knows that if the Hsien and the Chinese could only become allies, they could fight together against their common enemy. But is an alliance between two very different peoples even possible? This new book from the Royal Diaries series brought to life Southern China long ago, and taught me many fascinating details about the life and culture there in A.D. 531. ( )
  rebecca191 | Nov 12, 2008 |
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Princess Red Bird, 16-year-old daughter of the Hsien king in 6th century Southern China, has been born into a world of dispute and violence. When she is sent to a Chinese colony to be educated, she must contend with the disdainful attitudes of her hosts, who consider the Hsien to be savages, even as both the Chinese and the Hsien are at constant risk of attack from the truly savage neighboring people, the Dog Heads. In reality, the princess is a fair and wise leader, even at a young age, with a brilliant mind for military stratagems. Her leadership skills are put to the test when war breaks out and the Dog Heads begin to move in.

Prolific Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep (Dragon's Gate) contributes a remarkable tale to the Royal Diaries series. This fictionalized account of the real-life princess will introduce young readers to a long-ago land with a fascinating culture and edge-of-seat adventures, and will certainly inspire some to delve deeper into Chinese history. As in all the titles in the series, a section in the back provides context and historical background. (Ages 8 to 14) --Emilie Coulter

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In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.

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