Lixia of Gold Mountain
Subtitle: a story of early California
By: Clara Stites ; illustrated by Penny Brewer ; cultural consultant, Shixian Sheng.
Publisher: Fithian Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: McKinleyville, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.; Chinese Americans -- Fiction.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Fiction.; Sex role -- Fiction.; Gold mines and mining -- California -- Fiction.; California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Disguised as a boy, young Lixia travels with her mother from China to Stockton, California, in the 1860s, where they join Lixia's father and uncles, who hope to find gold, and make a new home.