Title: Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom
First published: 1983
Description: Abducted from his home by bandits, fifteen-year-old Wang Lee is rescued from slavery by a mysterious girl who introduces him to the Taiping Tienkuo, a secret society partly based on Christian principles and dedicated to the overthrow of the Manchu government.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864, Children's fiction, Religions, fiction
Places: China
Time periods: Foreign intervention, 1857-1861, Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864