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Dragonfly eyes / Cao Wenxuan ; translated from the Chinese by Helen Wang.

Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PZ7.1.C38 Dr 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cao, Wenxuan, 1954- author.
Contributor:
Wang, Helen, 1965- translator.
Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:
Qing ting yan. English
Language:
Chinese
English
Subjects (All):
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Families.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers.
Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction.
Grandparent and child.
Poverty--Juvenile fiction.
Poverty.
Multiracial families--Juvenile fiction.
Multiracial families.
Shanghai (China)--Juvenile fiction.
Shanghai (China).
China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Juvenile fiction.
China.
France--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
France.
Family life--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Grandparent and child--Fiction.
Poverty--Fiction.
Multiracial families--Fiction.
Shanghai (China)--Fiction.
China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Fiction.
France--History--20th century--Fiction.
China--Shanghai.
Genre:
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:
375 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition:
First US edition.
Place of Publication:
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022.
Language Note:
Translated from the Chinese.
Summary:
Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a difficult place to grow up, especially when the family silk business is given over to the government and they are left with their beloved home and little else. Ah Mei and her grandmother suffer, but they are resourceful and have each other, and the tenderness they share brings them great strength.
Notes:
"First published in English by Walker Books Ltd. (UK) 2021. Copyright ©2016 by Cao Wenxuan."--Title page verso.
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
ISBN:
9781536200188
1536200182
OCLC:
1268683554

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