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[ 책 소개 ]
* An ALA Notable Book
* Winner of the Boston GLobe-Horn Book Award
* A Horn Book Fanfare Book
* A School Library Journal Best Book
* Jane Addams Children's Book Award
아버지가 경마에서 돈을 탕진하고 병원에 입원하자 12세 소녀 케이시는 샌프란시스코의 차이나타운에 살고 있는 할머니와 함께 살게 됩니다. 처음 접하게 된 차이나타운에서의 생활, 새로 들어간 중국인 학교, 시끄러운 거리... 모든 것이 케이시에게는 낮설고 힘겨웠지요. 하지만 할머니 포우포우는 케이시가 알지 못했던 어머니에 관한 이야기를 들려주며, 차츰 케이시가 자신의 정체성을 찾을 수 있도록 도와줍니다...
[ 서지 정보 ]
Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN: 006440336X
책 크기 : 19.2cm x 13cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Casey is waiting for the day that Barney, her father, hits it big -- 'cause when that horse comes in, he tells her, it's the penthouse suite. But then hr ends up in the hospital, and Casey is sent to Chinatown to live with her grandmother, Paw-Paw. Now the waiting seems longer than ever. Casey feels lost in Chinatown. She's not prepared for the Chinese school, the noisy crowds, missing her father. But Paw-Paw tells her about the mother Casey never knew, and about her family's owl charm and her true Chinese name. And Casey at last begins to understand that this -- Paw-Paw's Chinatown home, her parents' home -- is her home,too.
Children's Literature
Yep's award winning dramatic prose draws older readers into the complicated life of a young teenage girl in Chinatown during the 1960's. This intergenerational story is part of Yep's award winning "Golden Mountain Chronicles." This compelling first person narrative is spun by Casey, and easily draws older readers into her life in Chinatown of San Francisco in the 1960s. Chinatown is a new world for Casey. When her father, Barney, ends up in the hospital, Casey is sent to live with her grandma. Casey is not familiar with her Chinese history. She must now attend Chinese school, eat strange Chinese food and live among people who rarely speak English. Slowly Casey's grandmother, Paw-Paw, reveals their family history and tells Casey her true Chinese name. Readers will identify with Casey and her struggles and will be moved as Casey makes room in her heart for her Chinese grandmother and her Chinese history. Yep's book is an ALA Notable Book, A School Library Journal Best Book and also won a Jane Addams Book Award.
School Library Journal
"An exciting and well plotted story." |
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