Revolution is not a dinner party : a novel by Compestine, Ying Chang 

Paperback(Holt, 2007)

BTSB #: 234332 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.7 MG RC: 4 6-8 Lexile: 740 F&P: W

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Persecution - Fiction Family life - China - Fiction Physicians - Fiction Communism - Fiction China - History|y1949-1976 - Fiction

Summary: Starting in 1972, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists' Cultural Revolution, which causes a lack of consumer products and laughter.

Secrets of the terra-cotta soldier by Compestine, Ying Chang 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2014)

BTSB #: 234352 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 4.7 6-8 Lexile: 780

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Qin shi huang, Emperor of China,|d259-210 B.C. - Fiction Kings and rulers - Fiction China - Antiquities - Fiction China - History|yQin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. - Fiction China - History|y1949-1976 - Fiction

Summary: 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.