DA CHEN

Según los antiguos manuscritos, el futuro emperador de china tendrá cinco lunares en las plantas de los pies. Luka - el protagonista de esta historia - es huerfano de madre y no conoce a su padre, pero en sus pies hay cinco lunares y el sabe los que significa. Debe mantener su identidad en secreto para evitar la persecucion de los fieros soldados Mogo. Su perceptor, un sabio monje llamado Atami, esta dispuesto a proteger la vida de Luka a toda costa para que un dia se cumpla su profecia y con ese proposito lo entrena segun la tradicion de los guerreros errantes del Kung fu. Pero Atami cae en manos del enemigo y Luka tiene que seguir solo su largo viaje. En el camino conoce a un nuevo maestro y al llegar a una escuela secreta de Kung Fu tiene que combatir con su propio padre.

A unique modern memoir of growing up in rural China, Colours of the Mountain is a powerful and moving story of supreme determination and extraordinary faith against the most impossible odds. Da Chen was born in 1962 in a town over 50 hours train journey from Beijing. Persecuted because of his familys landlord status, Da was an easy target for the farmer-teachers and bullying peasant boys. Whilst his older brother and sisters were forced to work in the fields, Da tired of the chaotic schooling of the Cultural Revolution and found solace with a band of good-time thugs. Following the death of Mao, an academic meritocracy was reintroduced. Da determined to escape Ching Mountain, where he ran around barefoot and there was no electricity and no future. Together with his brother Jin, who had been working the land since boyhood, he began to study day and night. His determination is staggering and inspiring. In 1978, at the age of sixteen, Da Chen took a bus and a train for the first time in his life and travelled to Beijing, to the best English language institute in China. A book about friendships, prejudice, familial love and academic striving, and of one mans escape from hunger, poverty and ignorance, Colours of the Mountain is an inspiring and eloquently recounted memoir.

At the height of Chinas Cultural Revolution a powerful general fathered two sons. Tan was born to the generals wife and into a life of comfort and luxury. His half brother, Shento, was born to the generals mistress, who threw herself off a cliff in the mountains of Balan only moments after delivering her child. Growing up, each remained ignorant of the others existence. In Beijing, Tan enjoyed the best schools, the finest clothes, and the prettiest girls. Shento was raised on the mountainside by an old healer and his wife until their deaths landed him in an orphanage, where he was always hungry, alone, and frightened. Though on divergent roads, each brother is driven by a passionate desireone to glorify his father, the other to seek revenge against him.Separated by distance and opportunity, Tan and Shento follow the paths that lie before them, while unknowingly falling in love with the same woman and moving toward the explosive moment when their fates finally merge. Brothers, by bestselling memoirist Da Chen, is a sprawling, dynamic family saga, complete with assassinations, love affairs, narrowly missed opportunities, and the ineluctable fulfillment of destiny.

A sweeping story of passion and obsession, set against the upheavals of nineteenth-century imperial China, by the New York Times bestselling author Da ChenWhen Samuel Pickenss great love tragically loses her life, Samuel travels the globe, Annabelle always on his mind. Eventually, he comes face-to-face with the mirror image of his obsession in the last place he would expect and must discover her secrets and decide how far he will go for a woman he loves. Da Chen immerses the reader in the world of the Chinese imperial palace, filled with ghosts and grief, where bewitching concubines, treacherous eunuchs, and fierce warlords battle for supremacy. Chen takes us deeply into an epic saga of nineteenth-century China, where one man searches for his destiny and a forbidden love.

A candid memoir of growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution that is sure to inspire. Da Chen grew up as an outcast in Communist China. His familys legacy had been one of privilege prior to the revolution, but now in the Chairman Mao era, they are treated with scorn. For Da Chen, that means that all of his successes and academic achievements are nullified when one teacher tells him that, because of his familys crimes, he can never be more than a poor farmer. Feeling his fate is hopeless, Da responds by dropping out. Das life takes a dark turn, and he soon begins hanging out with a gang. However, all is not lost. After Chairman Maos death, Da realizes that an education and college might be possible. He begins to studyall day and into the night. His entire family rallies to help him succeed, working long hours in the rice fields and going into debt to ensure that Da has an education. Their struggle would not be in vain. When the final exam results are posted, Da has one of the highest scores in the region, earning him a place at the prestigious Beijing University and a future free from the scars of his past. This inspiring memoir, adapted for young readers from Colors of the Mountain, is one that will rally readers to defy the odds.Praise for Chinas Son Humor and unflinching honesty inform the narrative, which is shot through with lyrical descriptions.Publishers Weekly Da Chens narrative moves smoothly, communicating setting and character with an immediacy that will draw young readers in.Kirkus Reviews