Mulan does not want her father to fight in the Chinese army, so she steals his armor, disguises herself as a man, and goes to fight, where she encounters numerous adventures and obstacles.
the story of the Chinese who built the transcontinental railroad
Perl, Lila
2003
Describes the experience of Chinese immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century, their work on the transcontinental railroad, and also discusses the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese workers from entering this country.
In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in souther China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.