The Serpent's Children (1984)

by Laurence Yep

Series: Golden Mountain Chronicles (1)

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Story of a girl who struggles to maintain herself and her family. (

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AndreaByrnes | Aug 5, 2011 |

characters not that interesting. history interesting but we don't know where in china they are or when. (

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mahallett | Jul 28, 2011 |

In 19th century China, a young girl struggles to protect her family from the threat of bandits, famine, and an ideological conflict between her father and brother.

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When villagers call Cassia and her brother, Foxfire, "the serpent's children," they mean it as an insult. But to Cassia it is an honor, for legend says that once a serpent sets her mind on something, she never gives up. And in a time when famine, drought, and violence mark her family's life, Cassia has nothing less than survival to fight for.

Their father is a revolutionary, determined to free China from invaders. Foxfire, certain he'll find a mountain of gold, flees to a faraway land. Cassia will need all of her strength and wisdom to keep her family together, and to prove that she is truly the serpent's child.

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In nineteenth-century China, a young girl struggles to protect her family from the threat of bandits, famine, and an ideological conflict between her father and brother.