Many immigrants to Canada came from China and their stories are important to tell. This is a novel, but it could be someone’s family story of how they came to be in Canada. We met Si Gow and Yun Lee in Through The Generations , the first book of the series The Generations. They are best friends from childhood as they lived near each other. They attended classes at the master’s home in their childhood home, Lee Village, Canton, China. We see each one as they grow and marry and have families. Si Gow is the number three son of his family, who owns a pottery shop, and he feels that he is not valued or respected. He longs to see the world. Yun Lee lives on his family farm and is content to be a farmer until the crops fail. For various reasons each one moves to Canada as many young Chinese men did in the later part of the 19th and early 20th centuries. You will go with them on their adventure. Here is an excerpt from book one. 1904 Interior of B.C. Canada: The saddle was something Si Gow had to get used to. He knew how to ride a horse but what he wasn't used to was the western-style saddle. The horse, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind his rider at all. He always had new riders and he was used to following along the trail in the long line of mules and horses that made up the supply train. The terrain was too rugged for wagons and so everything had to be packed in by mules and horses. Hank came over and patted Si Gow on the back and said, "Soon we be there." Si Gow had gotten good at reading facial expressions, but he wasn't certain what Hank was trying to say. One of the scouts was half Chinese and half Punjabi Sikh, a native people to the area, and he came to translate as the man knew a little Cantonese. Si Gow spoke Hakka but some of the dialects, such as Cantonese, overlapped and so he could get most of the meaning of what the scout was saying.