This 1933 Newbery Medal winner evokes peasant life in urban 1920's China. Young Fu is a 13-year-old country bumpkin who becomes an apprentice coppersmith in the dangerous, semi-feudal city of Chunking. As Young Fu learns to live by his wits, he also comes to love urban life. The author was an American missionary, but her Western bias is only occasionally in evidence, and the book remains a classic for readers 9 to 12.  (CHN148, $17.95)