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Chu Ju's house / Gloria Whelan.
Summary:
In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China and earns food and shelter by working on a sampan, tending silk worms, and planting rice seedlings, while wondering if she will ever see her family again.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780060507244
- ISBN: 9780060507251 (lib. bdg.)
- ISBN: 0060507241
- ISBN: 006050725X (lib. bdg.)
- Physical Description: 227 p. ; 19 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
Content descriptions
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 10 up.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Runaway children > Juvenile fiction.
Sex role > Juvenile fiction.
China > History > 2002- > Juvenile fiction.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at South Central Regional Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winkler Library | J F Whe (Text) | 35864001355443 | Junior Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Aware of the Chinese law that will not permit more than two children to any one family, Chu Ju fears for the safety of her newborn sister and so flees into the night with her sibling in a desperate attempt to keep her out of harm's reach, but with no money or supplies, Chu Ju will have to be more than courageous to succeed in her task. - Baker & Taylor
In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China and earns food and shelter by working on a sampan, tending silk worms, and planting rice seedlings, while wondering if she will ever see her family again. - HARPERCOLL
One girl too many . . .
When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. To make room for one, this girl will have to go.
Fourteen-year-old Chu Ju knows she cannot allow this to happen to her sister. Understanding that one girl must leave, she sets out in the middle of the night, vowing not to return.
With luminescent detail, National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan transports readers to China, where law conspires with tradition, tearing a young woman from her family, sending her on a remarkable journey to find a home of her own.