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Yin,

Coolies

40 pp. | Philomel | February, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23227-3 $$16.99
(3) 1-3 Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet. Shek and Wong, two Chinese brothers, come to mid-nineteenth-century America to work on the transcontinental railroad. The programmatic story tells of the brothers' hard voyage across the Pacific and their arduous labor for the Central Pacific Railroad company. The writing is formulaic, but the history behind the story and the undeniable thrill of the three-quarter-spread watercolors will compel interest.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2001

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