Books with author Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

When Young Fu arrives with his mother in bustling 1920s Chungking, all he has seen of the world is the rural farming village where he has grown up. He knows nothing of city life. But the city, with its wonders and dangers, fascinates the 13-year-old boy, and he sets out to make the best of what it has to offer him. First published in 1932, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze was one of the earliest Newbery Medal winners. Although China has changed since that time, Young Fu's experiences are universal: making friends, making mistakes, and making one's way in the world.

When Young Fu arrives with his mother in bustling 1920s Chungking, all he has seen of the world is the rural farming village where he has grown up. He knows nothing of city life. But the city, with its wonders and dangers, fascinates the 13-year-old boy, and he sets out to make the best of what it has to offer him. First published in 1932, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze was one of the earliest Newbery Medal winners. Although China has changed since that time, Young Fu's experiences are universal: making friends, making mistakes, and making one's way in the world.

Young Fu is bound for seven years to be an apprentice to Tang the coppersmith, and his new life in the Chinese city Chungking is both exciting and terrifying. Young Fu endures the taunts of his coworkers, and must live by his wits on the streets, where restless soldiers will shoot a man if he does not carry a load for them, and beggars steal from those who pass them by.Yet for Young Fu, the pleasures of the bustling Chungking of the 1920s far outweigh its dangers. Little by little he learns the ways of the big city and plunges into adventure after adventure. Young Fu's eagerness to help others and his acts of courage earn him many friends, and finally, more good fortune than he ever thought possible.

+Copyright 1934, ex-library, hardcover, 261 pages plus 4 pages Glossary of Chinese words, 4 plates of color illustrations; 8 full page b/w illustrations; a b/w illustration at the head and tail of each of the 12 chapters, with decorated endpapers showing scene of rural workers. SYNOPSIS: "Ho-ming, at age 12, was caught in tradition and superstition. She is a firebrand of restlessness and mischief. Into Ho-ming's life enters Wei-Doctor, bringing modern ideas. Her attempts to reconcile these ideas with her own family's theories of living create amusing, and sometimes tragic gamut of adolescent emotions. She emerges at 17 with insight of her future." CONDITION: Library cardholder/stamps/notations inside. Light surface soiling, gilt lettering on spine is faded, occasional small finger smudges. Includes library dust wrapper taped to back cover (not shown in image preview).