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'Yong doesn't want to leave Guangdong to travel to the goldfields of Ballarat. But as the firstborn son, he has no choice. On the long and treacherous journey, Yong strives to be an honourable son, while he and his father face many hardships and dangers. But in his heart he knows the shameful truth - that his honour is a lie. Can a journey change lives? Has Yong the courage to face what lies ahead? ...' (Source: Walker Books Australia website)
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- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Yong : The Journey of an Unworthy Son
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2016; (p. 40)
— Review of Yong : The Journey of the an Unworthy Son 2016 single work children's fiction -
Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son : Review
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , July 2016;
— Review of Yong : The Journey of the an Unworthy Son 2016 single work children's fiction 'What could be worse than living a lie? This is the burden thirteen year old Yong must carry as he lives the life of a dutiful son when his heart wishes to defy his father. He is tormented by this realisation and hopes his ancestors cannot see his honour is a farce. Yong’s Father and other villagers have borrowed a great deal of money from a moneylender for their passage from the poverty of China to the promised wealth of the Australian goldfields. ...' -
Grace’s Best of 2016
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , December 2016;
— Review of Yong : The Journey of the an Unworthy Son 2016 single work children's fiction ; Stripes in the Forest : The Story of the Last Wild Thylacine 2016 single work picture book ; Counting through the Day 2016 single work picture book
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Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son : Review
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , July 2016;
— Review of Yong : The Journey of the an Unworthy Son 2016 single work children's fiction 'What could be worse than living a lie? This is the burden thirteen year old Yong must carry as he lives the life of a dutiful son when his heart wishes to defy his father. He is tormented by this realisation and hopes his ancestors cannot see his honour is a farce. Yong’s Father and other villagers have borrowed a great deal of money from a moneylender for their passage from the poverty of China to the promised wealth of the Australian goldfields. ...' -
[Review] Yong : The Journey of an Unworthy Son
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2016; (p. 40)
— Review of Yong : The Journey of the an Unworthy Son 2016 single work children's fiction -
Grace’s Best of 2016
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , December 2016;
— Review of Yong : The Journey of the an Unworthy Son 2016 single work children's fiction ; Stripes in the Forest : The Story of the Last Wild Thylacine 2016 single work picture book ; Counting through the Day 2016 single work picture book
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards Australia — Primary — Educational Picture or Chapter Book
- 2017 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
- 2017 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book
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