Yep, Laurence.

Lady Ch'iao Kuo : warrior of the South / by Laurence Yep. - New York : Scholastic, 2001. - 300 p. ; 20 cm. - The royal diaries .

Includes bibliographical references.

In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.

ISBN: 0439164834

LCCN: 00051617

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Princesses--Fiction.
Minorities--Fiction.
Identity--Fiction.
War--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China--History--Liang dynasty, 502-557--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.Y44 / Lad 2001

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]