The  examination
By: Malcolm Bosse.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux; Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Brothers -- Fiction; China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- Juvenile fiction; China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- Fiction
Description: 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.