On a trip to Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia, thirteen-year-old Jasmine falls through a doorway back to the 1880s, and finds herself in caught up in a scramble for a lost amulet -- and a race against time. Will she ever make it back home?
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On a trip to Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia, thirteen-year-old Jasmine falls through a doorway back to the 1880s, and finds herself in caught up in a scramble for a lost amulet -- and a race against time. Will she ever make it back home?
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Good. Paperback Good Ships From Canada SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Trade paperback (US) Glued binding 168 p Audience: Children/juvenile Book Description: On a field trip to Chinatown in Victoria, BC, thirteen-year-old Jasmine Steele passes through a doorway and finds herself in the Fan Tan Alley of the 1880's There, she meets Keung, a 16-year-old boy who has recently arrived from China to search for his father, believed to be one of the thousands of Chinese working on the hazardous construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the infamous "'"Hell's Gate"'" of the Fraser Canyon Jasmine joins him on his quest, but soon discovers that they are searching for more than just Keung's father-the white jade tiger, an amulet from ancient times, must also be found Throughout the novel, Julie Lawson also weaves the story of Bright Jade (a tale that dates back to the time of the Qin Dynasty) whose spirit appears to both Jasmine and Keung in their dreams and whose mystical powers are linked to the white jade ti.