Synopsis
In a Western mining town, one young girl befriends the daughter of a Chinese immigrant and soon they become the closest of friends, but when racial tensions rise and the girls are suddenly torn apart, they know their friendship will sustain despite the difficulties they face.
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Sharon E. Heisel is a middle-grade teacher in an Oregon town that has strong historical connections to both the gold rush and Chinese immigration.
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eager to make friends with Leeana, the new girl in her class. But Angelena has always lived in Oregon, and Leeana has just moved there from China. Soon the two girls find they have a lot in common. But other members of their small Oregon mining town do not adjust as easily to newcomers. In spite of the tension
and violence surrounding them, the girls establish a special friendship.
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