Through the stories of a terra-cotta soldier who has survived through the centuries, thirteen-year-old Ming, a village boy in 1970s China, learns the history of Emperor Qin, known both for building the Great Wall of China and for burying scholars alive, and how and why the terra-cotta soldiers came to be. Through the stories of a terra-cotta soldier who has survived through the centuries, thirteen-year-old Ming, a village boy, learns the history of Emperor Qin. The coauthor is Vinson Compestine.