The Examination (Sunburst Book)
by Malcolm Bosse
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Fifteen-year-old Hong and his older brother Chen face famine, flood, pirates, and jealous rivals on their journey through fifteenth century China as Chen pursues his calling as a scholar and Hong becomes involved with a secret society known as the White Lotus.Tags
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Among the hokey bits are some good adventure scenes.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Die Prüfung oder die abenteuerliche Reise der Brüder Chen und Hong
- Original title
- The examination
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Lao Chen; Lao Hong
- Important places
- China
- Important events
- Ming Dynasty
- Epigraph*
- Lernen ohne Denken ist vergebliche Müh';
Denken ohne Lernen ist gefährlich.
Konfuzius
Eine Reise von tausend Meilen
beginnt mit einem Schritt.
Laotse - Dedication
- For Mark Elliot AGAINST ALL ODDS
- First words
- Lao Hong was born under the sign of the Tiger, so he ought to be strong, if reckless; loyal, but hot-tempered; compassionate, though with little respect for authority.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then he said, "Once more on the road."
- Original language*
- Englisch
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .B6494 .E — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- (3.19)
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
