China Homecoming Contributor(s): Fritz, Jean (Author), Boyce, Susan (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1482101742 ISBN-13: 9781482101744 Publisher: Audiogo
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General |
Dewey: B |
Age Level: 6-9 |
Grade Level: 1-4 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 5.7" L (0.25 lbs) |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Unabridged |
Review Citations: Audio File 12/01/2013 pg. 64 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: China Homecoming is the sequel to Jean Fritz's Newbery Honor book Homesick: My Own Story. As a grown woman, Jean returned to China where she was born and lived until she was thirteen.Speaking Chinese, Jean felt welcome when she revisited China. Memories of her childhood washed over her as she visited her old home and the British School she had attended. Both had changed just as history had changed her hometown of Wuhan, but listeners will be moved at what it meant to Jean when she was declared an honorary citizen. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fritz, Jean: - Jean Fritz, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Homesick, is best known for her engaging and enlightening nonfiction for young readers, including What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?, and Shh! We're Writing the Constitution. She was honored with the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature by the New York State Library Association and won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her career contribution to American children's literature. Boyce, Susan: -Susan Boyce is an audiobook narrator and an actor who has worked onstage at Trinity Repertory Theater, Worcester Foothills Theater, the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, and every major ragtime and traditional jazz festival in the United States. |
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