"Yong," my father said one night as I sat on the earthen floor, stroking my pet cricket and determined to save it from being eaten. "You will come with me to Australia." Yong doesn't want to leave Guangdong to travel to the goldfields of Ballarat. But as the firstborn son, he has no choice. On the long and treacherous journey, Yong strives to be an honourable son, while he and his father face many hardships and dangers. But in his heart he knows the shameful truth - that his honour is a lie. Can a journey change lives? Has Yong the courage to face what lies ahead?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 206 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by ReadHowYouWant .

Janeen Brian is an award-winning author of over 80 books and has a very strong educational following and a high-standing in the children's book world: www. janeenbrian. com. au. Several of her books have won CBCA Honour Book Awards. She lived for one month in a remote village in the Himalayan Mountains, and this book is based on her observations at that time. Anne Spudvilas, illustrator of The Moon Shines out of the Dark, written by Stephanie Dowrick, is one of the best illustrators in the country, with a formidable track record in awards and sales. Her titles include the bestselling The Peasant Prince (the story of Mao's Last Dancer), and the powerful Woolvs in the Sitee and Jenny Angel (CBC Book of the Year, 2003), both by Margaret Wild.