The Melting Pot
Author: Christopher W. Cheng
Book 21 in the My Australian Story series
Pages: 235
Published: 2007
Age: 9+
The Melting Pot: The Diary of Edward, Chek Chee, Sydney, 1903-1904
Edward, Check Chee, lives with his parents above their store in Sydney's Chinatown. His mother is English, his father is Chinese, and Edward is trying to work out where he fits in. He's not the only one - the new White Australia policy is making it harder for Chinese people to settle in Australia, and the whole Chinese community must battle for rights that other Australians take for granted.
About the My Australian Story Series
Books in series order
- 1.A Banner Bold(2000)
- 2.Secrets and Sisterhood (A Tale of Two Families)(2000)
- 3.Plagues and Federation(2000)
- 4.Surviving Sydney Cove(2000)
- 5.The Deadly Flu (A Different Sort of Real)(2001)
- 6.The Rum Rebellion(2001)
- 7.The Yankee Whaler(2001)
- 8.Who Am I?(2001)
- 9.Voyage to Botany Bay (On Board the Boussole)(2002)
- 10.The Bombing of Darwin(2002)
- 11.Fords and Flying Machines(2003)
- 12.Snowy(2003)
- 13.Riding with Thunderbolt(2004)
- 14.Our Don Bradman(2004)
- 15.A Marathon of Her Own(2004)
- 16.Our Enemy, My Friend(2005)
- 17.New Gold Mountain(2005)
- 18.Outback(2005)
- 19.Cyclone Tracy(2006)
- 20.Refugee(2006)
- 21.The Melting Pot(2007)
- 22.Archer's Melbourne Cup(2007)
- 23.Snatched by Pirates (Claw of the Dragon)(2008)
- 24.Atomic Testing(2009)
- 25.The Hunt for Ned Kelly(2010)
- 26.The Phar Lap Mystery(2010)
- 27.My Father's War(2011)
- 28.Sydney Harbour Bridge(2012)
- 29.Heroes of Tobruk(2012)
- 30.Escape from Cockatoo Island(2013)
- 31.Gallipoli(2013)
- 32.Fremantle Prison Break(2013)
- 33.Kokoda(2014)
- 34.Convict Girl(2014)
Reading age: 9+ years
My Australian Story is a series of historical novels written by various authors. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or significant time period in Australian history.