Homesick PDF
By:Jean Fritz
Published on 2007-03-01 by Penguin
The accolades speak for themselves:|Fritz draws the readers into scenes from her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties. One comes to appreciate the generous affection of her nurse/companion Lin Nai-Nai, the isolating distance in her mother's grief over losing a second child, the dynamics of a suffering population venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a child's exile from a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen....A remarkable blend of truth and storytelling.| --Booklist, starred review|An insightful memory's-eye-view of her childhood...Young Jean is a strong character, and many of her reactions to people and events are timeless and universal.| --School Library Journal, starred review|Told with an abundance of humor--sometimes wry, sometimes mischievous and irreverent--the story is vibrant with atmosphere, personalities, and a palpable sense of place.| --The Horn Book|Every now and then a book comes along that makes me want to send a valentine to its author. Homesick is such a book....Pungent and delicious.| --Katherine Paterson, The Washington Post
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Book ID of Homesick's Books is xvXKW2HLB2oC, Book which was written byJean Fritzhave ETAG "4DOjSsCyZas"
Book which was published by Penguin since 2007-03-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781101076781 and ISBN 10 Code is 110107678X
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