Fourteen-year-old Bing-wing Chan lives in Vancouver's Chinatown in 1907. He resents his father, not because his father gambles away their money, but because he is a bone collector. He digs up the bones of the dead and sends them home to China for permanent burial. Bing hates having to help his father with this job and is afraid of the ghosts that hover around graveyards. In order to escape his father and bone collecting, Bing gets a job as a houseboy in a westerner's home. But the westerner's house is haunted and Bing must overcome his own fears in order to rid the house of ghosts. Readers learn about the lives of Chinese immigrants in the early 1900s and the struggles they faced due to poverty and discrimination.

English language arts grade 8 (2009). Note: "Themes of ghosts, haunting and the afterlife are a focus of this resource. In addition, there is swearing in the book. Educators are advised to consult their school division's material selection policy before using this resource."--Ministry of Education website.