Written by the author of the Caldecott and Newbery honor-winning Picture book WATERCRESS, and marking the impressive debut of illustrator Youa Vang, we are proud to present the true story of a man of indomitable spirit. In the mid 19th century, an impoverished farmer from Canton China sold his young son to an American Sea Captain Amos Peck. The boy, called "Joe" worked on the ship for months, not knowing if his fate was to do so forever. Or would he be sold again? When the ship returned to America, Captain Peck brought the young boy to his family, who raised him with the other children, despite knowing nothing about Chinese people besides the hateful mischaracterizations in the news papers.