Pre-Owned Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (Hardcover) 9780805081138

from fingerpost

This 1933 Newbery winner is an episodic story of a young Chinese farm boy who is taken to the city after the death of his father. He lives with his mother (who seems a bit neurotic to me as a 21st century American) and is apprenticed to Tang the coppersmith. Each chapter is essentially a short st...

from tjsjohanna

I really enjoyed this look at life in the Chinese city Chungking at the turn of the century. Watching Young Fu come of age was enjoyable and his experiences and life are interesting in terms of Chinese culture. It is clear that Ms. Lewis loved China and the people she came to know.

from debnance

Fu leaves the country and heads to the city to serve as an apprentice to a coppersmith for seven years. Being in the city is a new experience for him. He must learn how to deal with the cruel remarks of his fellow apprentices and how to handle money, to stop thieves and to avoid those who would t...

from mirrani

Young Fu is an apprentice and as many apprentice stories, this book describes the trials of having to serve a master. Fu's master is a kind one, though he certainly commands respect and with this combination readers learn how to make good choices in their lives through experiencing the boy's deci...

from SHARONTHEIL

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze is a Young Adult historic fiction novel, a vivid and well-presented story of China during the dark and dangerous 1920's after the death of empress Tzu Hsi and before the Communist revolution. After his father's death, Young Fu and his mother Fu Be Be move from a smal...