Other editions of book Walk Across the Sea by Fletcher, Susan

The first time Eliza sees Wah Chung, he is squatting beside some rocks on the pathway to her island. Eliza's island is the one on which the lighthouse -- operated and maintained by her father -- stands, sending its beacon of safety to ships at sea. The pathway to the island is a treacherous one, engulfed by water when the tide is high, passable only when the tide is low and reveals the secret life of the sea on the rocks and in the pools that remain.Although Eliza is careful to avoid Wah Chung as he paints among the rocks (after all, he is a Chinaman), when a "sneaker wave" approaches the passage, it is Wah Chung who warns her and then rescues Eliza's goat, Parthenia, before both are swept away.It is a simple act of kindness, but one that causes Eliza to doubt many things. Are the Celestials, as the Chinese immigrants are called, such a threat to their small town? Are they really heathens, as her father claims? And what should she do when the townspeople conspire to expel these people forcibly? How will Eliza act, in the face of her father's strong beliefs and his duties as the lighthouse keeper, when Wah Chung comes to her for help in return?

By 1886 many of Eliza Jane McCully's neighbors are concerned that the growing immigrant Chinese population is threatening their comfortable way of life. But it is a young Chinese boy named Wah Chung who saves Eliza and her pet goat from being swept into the sea by a deadly wave. This makes Eliza wonder: Are the Chinese really people to be feared, as her father and their neighbors believe? Or are the Chinese immigrants people with whom the townspeople in Crescent City could live peaceably, with a little tolerance and understanding?

Walk Across the Sea (Aladdin Historical Fiction) - Greenlight [ WALK ACROSS THE SEA (ALADDIN HISTORICAL FICTION) - GREENLIGHT BY Fletcher, Susan ( Author ) Jun-01-2003[ WALK ACROSS THE SEA (ALADDIN HISTORICAL FICTION) - GREENLIGHT [ WALK ACROSS THE SEA (ALADDIN HISTORICAL FICTION) - GREENLIGHT BY FLETCHER, SUSAN ( AUTHOR ) JUN-01-2003 ] By Fletcher, Susan ( Author )Jun-01-2003 Paperback

In late-nineteenth-century California, Chinese immigrants are being forced out or even killed by whites who say they fear for their jobs. But fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane has been shown kindness by a Chinese boy, and stands up to the townspeople and her lighthouse-keeper father to return the favor. Included in Young Adult 10 only. An Accelerated Reader® title

Her family's lighthouse home is an island of enchantment for 13-year-old Eliza Wells. Surrounded by whales, seals, and pelicans, she avoids the problems that beset the mainland: like the increasingly heated conflict between the local town's white and Chinese citizens. This compelling historical novel by the award-winning author of Shadow Spinner is based on actual 19th century events. Narrator Christina Moore voices all the confusion, compassion, and strength of a heroine willing to risk what she loves most in order to do what she knows is right.