TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chan,Gillian
TI  - An ocean apart : X: the Gold Mountain diary of Chin Mei-ling 
SN  - 9780779113538 (hc.)
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Markham, Ont.
PB  - Scholastic Canada
KW  - Chinese
KW  - Canada
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - British Columbia
KW  - Victoria
KW  - History
KW  - Chinese Canadians
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Vancouver (B.C.)
KW  - Historical fiction, Juvenile
KW  - local
KW  - Diary fiction, Juvenile
KW  - Canadian fiction, Juvenile
N1  - "Vancouver, British Columbia, 1922"--Cover; Socials; Canada modern; Historical novel; Includes bibliographical references consisting of historical note (p. 192-200) and historical photos and maps (p. 201-211)
N2  - "Mei-ling lives with her father in Vancouver, but her mother and baby brother are still in China. Mei-Ling works after school, and her father holds down several jobs, in a frantic effort to come up with the head tax that will allow her mother and brother to come to Canada. They must have that money before the Exclusion Act bars any more Chinese from immigrating. Mei-ling cannot stop thinking about what will happen if they are unable to come up with the money to reunite their family?"--Scholastic
ER  -