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SUPER READERS
Title:  A Thousand Pieces of Gold:  A Biographical Novel
Author:  Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Reviewer:   Jana T.  '09
A Chinese girl named Lalu Nathoy has to leave her family because they don't have enough money for her to stay alive.  She gets sold to a man named Hong King who works at a saloon.  He wants to marry her, but it doesn't happen because Lalu does something to him.  And then she marries another man and lives the rest of her life with him.  There is a lot of excitement in this story that you will enjoy. 

Spring 2002


5th Grade Super Readers
Director:  Betty Grant - Lower School Reading Specialist
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