Yep, Laurence. <br/><br/>
The journal of Wong Ming-Chung :  a Chinese miner / 
by Laurence Yep. 
 - New York :  Scholastic,  2000. 
 - 219 p. :  ill., maps ;  19 cm. 
 - My name is America .
<br/><br/> A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0590386077 :  $10.95 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99028405 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gold mines and mining--Fiction.<br/>Chinese Americans--Fiction.<br/>Uncles--Fiction.<br/>Diaries--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>California--Gold discoveries--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.Y44  / Jo 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]