In 1928, young Joshua and his bride, Lena, look forward to living and working on his fathers farm in the western North Carolina mountains. However, when Mr. Poole, powerful leader of Charlottes prohibition whiskey gang, off ers him a job driving fast cars, Joshua cant resist. Despite her strong objection, Joshua sends Lena back to his farm to be cared for by his family. What she fi nds there could hardly be more devastating and demanding of her courage. They expect to be reunited as soon as Joshua can quickly earn some good money. Instead, they each must take a long and dangerous journey before they can be reunited. In the process they both are so changed, they hardly recognize one another
THE ODYSSEY OF THE YOUNG DRAGON "The exciting and dangerous adventures of a Chinese teenage girl and her younger brother" The 14 year old Chi Ling was named by her father for the small and powerful protector dragon. Chi Ling validates her name by her actions in this odyssey. Betrayed by her Aunt, and saved from being murdered by a kindly kidnapper, she and her five-year old brother, Yang, are taken by force to a distant city and dumped. There she struggles to survive, and to save Yang from being sold to rich foreigners. She meets kind-hearted people as well as evil ones. Like Odysseus, her great challenge is finding her way back home. Like his arrival, her homecoming is fraught with harsh new challenges.
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