Light a Candle: A Story of Chinese American Pioneers on Gold Mountain
I Am America LIGHT A CANDLE A Story of Chinese American Pioneers on Gold Mountain By Jean Kuo Lee Illustrated by Eric Freeberg Consultant Lok Siu Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley JOLLY FISH PRESS Mendota Heights Minnesota
Chapter 1 La Porte California a gold mining town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains September 1864 When the crisp air nipped at her cheeks that morning Emma Fong knew that autumn had come She stepped out of her father's store boots crunching the leaves on the dirt path Dingle jingle dingle jingle At the sound of the sleigh bells she gathered the folds of her new dress and doubled her step If she hurried she would not get stuck behind the team of horses coming 5
