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Spring Pearl
By Laurence Yep |
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I didn't think Mistress Sung was used to having people talk back to her. As she took a deep breath, her nostrils widened. "We can't have her disrupting our household," she said to her husband. She looked as if she were staring at a balance that was weighing my value against all the trouble I could cause. "We would be quite within our rights to turn you out this moment."...
He sold his first story when he was eighteen and has published almost sixty books,including science fiction and children's stories. Among his many prize-winning books are Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate.
His grandmother, mother, and aunts-tough, clever, resourceful women-could all be descendants of Spring Pearl, so it seemed natural to imagine them in a time that was so critical in Chinese history.
A city boy, Mr.Yep has learned more than he has wanted to about flowers from his wife, Joanne Ryder, also an award-winning author. They currently live, weed, and mulch in Pacific Grove, California.
Book Description from Front Cover Flap
Twelve-year-old Chou Spring Pearl's life is changing. Her parents have died, and she must leave her home to live with the family of wealthy Master Sung. While the city of Canton struggles to survive an attack by the British, Spring Pearl must learn to survive in Master Sung's household. Spring Pearl learns quickly, but will haughty Mistress Sung and her daughters ever learn to accept Spring Pearl?
Book Description from Back Cover
Girls of Many Lands
Canton, 1875
Background on Laurence Yep
Laurence Yep was born and raised in San Francisco. He has a Ph.D. in English, has taught at the University of California Berkeley, and has been writer-in-residence at UC Santa Barbara.
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