Homesick

Type

Book

Authors

Jean Fritz

ISBN 10

0399209336

ISBN 13

9780399209338

Tags

Historical Fiction, Classics, United States

Description

"Fritz draws readers into scenes of her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties. . . . the generous affection of her nurse/companion . . . her mother's grief over losing a second child, the dynamics of asuffering population venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a child's exile from a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen."--Booklist, starred review. Newbery Medal Honor Book; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book. - from Amzon

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