Ages 12 and up

Escape to Gold Mountain is the first graphic novel to tell the story of how the Chinese came to North America. Based on historical documents and interviews with elders, this is a vivid history of the Chinese in their search for Gold Mountain (the Chinese colloquialism for North America) as seen through the eyes of the Wong family. They traverse the challenges of eking out an existence in their adopted homeland with hope and determination, creating a poignant immigrant’s legacy for their sons and daughters.