Summary
YOUNG XING XING IS BOUND.
Bound to her late father’s second wife and daughter. Bound to a life of servitude as a young girl in ancient China, where a woman is valued less than livestock. Bound to be alone, with no parents to arrange for a suitable husband. Xing Xing spends her days taking care of her half sister, Wei Ping, who cannot walk because of her foot bindings, the painful tradition for girls who are fit to be married. Even so, Xing Xing is content to practice …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780689861789 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0689861788 |
| Author: | Donna Jo Napoli |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon Pulse |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 100g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 106mm x 178mm |
| Audience Age: | 12-99 |
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Critics Review
“Strong, unforgettable characters.”–Booklist, starred review
“A dramatic and masterful retelling.” – School Library Journal, starred review
“An adventure and a coming-of-age story that will have readers racing to the finish.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Deliberate and satisfying.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Strong, unforgettable characters.” – Booklist, starred review
Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Jo Napoli is the acclaimed and award-winning author of many novels, both fantasies and contemporary stories. She won the Golden Kite Award for Stones in Water in 1997. Her novel Zel was named an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon, and a School Library Journal Best Book, and a number of her novels have been selected as ALA Best Books. She is a professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband.
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