num_pages: 304
description: This masterful biographical novelâ€”which has sold more than 100,000 copiesâ€”tells the true life story of Lalu Nathoy, a young Chinese girl sold into slavery in 1871 by her poverty-stricken family and auctioned off in the American West. McCunn tells the gripping tale of how Lalu struggled out of servitude to achieve a life of freedom and dignity as a pioneer woman."A valuable book that gives Chinese Americans another true heroine."â€”Maxine Hong Kingston
language: English
title: Thousand Pieces Of Gold
titlecomplete: Thousand Pieces Of Gold
genres: Asian Literature, Fiction, China, Classics, Adult Fiction, Historical, Asia, Historical Fiction, Adult, School
ratings_count: 2027
publisher: Laurel