لی لون، پسر شجاع (کتاب افتخاری نیوبری)

Newbery Honor book Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedlings flourish where no one else has for generations. A Newbery Honor book, Li Lun, Lad of Courage is a touching survival story about resilience and hard work. After Li Lun is unable to overcome his fear of the sea and fails to learn how to fish, he is branded a coward by his family and village and banished to a barren mountaintop. No one has been able to farm on this land in generations, but Li Lun must make his rice seedlings flourish before he is allowed to return home. Can he win the battle against the elements, wild animals, and his own loneliness? This classic tale combines adventure and heart to illustrate the importance of courage, grit, and perseverance.

Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedlings flourish where no one else has for generations.

Because of his fear of the sea, a young Chinese boy is sent to a distant mountain where he proves his bravery.

Fearing the sea, a Chinese boy refuses to go on a fishing trip. His punishment is to plant rice on a remote mountain and not return until he has grown seven times as many grains as he has planted. Grades 4-6