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- 978-1-4424-2013-7 978-1-4424-2015-1
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 6–9—Desperate to help his family in New York after the death of his father, Malachy Gormley goes to work for the Central Pacific Railroad as it attempts to join together with the Union Pacific. He works with other Irishmen alongside the "Celestials" as the Chinese workers are known. True to the 1860s, Malachy closely observes all the ways that the Chinese workers are different, and h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Thirteen-year-old Irish American Malachy joins the workforce of the transcontinental railroad and is exposed to the harsh labor alongside...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
