Cao Wenxuan
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
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...