Through the stories of a terra-cotta soldier who has survived through the centuries, thirteen-year-old Ming, a village boy in 1970s China, learns the history of Emperor Qin, known both for building the Great Wall of China and for burying scholars alive, and how and why the terra-cotta soldiers came to be.
year: 2014
call number/section: 1000
subjects: qin shi huang, emperor of china, 259-210 b.c, fiction, kings, queens, rulers, etc, china, fiction, 1949-1976, qin dynasty, 221-207 b.c