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Format:
Book
Title:
Little White Duck : a childhood in China
ISBN:
9780761365877

9780761381150
Publication:
Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, ©2012.
Physical Description:
108 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Illustrations by Andrés Martínez Vera."
Contents:
Introduction: Ni hao! -- Wuhan, China -- A sad, sad day -- The four pests -- "Don't waste your food -- children are starving in China" -- March 5 is Lei Feng Day -- Happy New Year! : the story of Nian the monster -- My New Year feast -- Little white duck -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Na Liu's biography -- Translations of Chinese characters -- Map of Hubei province, China -- About the author and the illustrator.
Summary:
The world is changing for two girls in China in the 1970s. Da Qin - Big Piano - and her younger sister, Xiao Qin - Little Piano - live in the city of Wuhan with their parents. For decades, China's government had kept the country separated from the rest of the world. When their country's leader, Chairman Mao, dies, new opportunities begin to emerge Da Qin and Xiao Qin soon learn that their childhood will be much different than the upbringing their parents experienced. Eight short stories - based on the author's own life - give readers a unique look at what it was like to grow up in China during this important time in history.
Reading Level:
Middle School.

710 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 3.2.

Reading Counts! 4.7.
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