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Author: Napoli, Donna Jo
ISBN:978-0-689-86175-8
Publication Date:Jan 2005
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $29.99
Book Description:

YOUNG XING XING IS BOUND. Bound to her father's second wife and daughter after Xing Xing's father has passed away. Bound to a life of servitude as a young girl in ancient China, where the life of a woman is valued less than that of livestock. Bound to be alone and unmarried, with no parents to arrange for a suitable husband. Dubbed "Lazy One" by her stepmother, Xing Xing spends her days taking care of her half sister, Wei Ping, who cannot walk because of her foot bindings, the painful...
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Book Details
Pages:192
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Family / Blended Families
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Dating & Relationships
Juvenile Fiction / Places / Asia
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.7 x 18.415 x 2.032 cm
Book Weight:0.297 Kilograms
Author Biography
Napoli, Donna Jo (Author)
Donna Jo Napoli was born on February 28, 1948. She received a B.A. in mathematics, an M.A. in Italian literature, and a Ph.D. in general and romance linguistics from Harvard University. She has taught on the university level since 1970, is widely published in scholarly journals, and has received numerous grants and fellowships in the area of linguistics.

In the area of linguistics, she has authored five books, co-authored six books, edited one book, and co-edited five books. She is also a published poet and co-editor of four volumes of poetry. Her first middle grade novel, Soccer Shock, was published in 1991. Her other novels include the Zel, Beast, The Wager, Lights on the Nile, Skin, Storm, Hidden, and Dark Shimmer. She is also the author of several picture books including Flamingo Dream, The Wishing Club: A Story About Fractions, Corkscrew Counts: A Story About Multiplication, The Crossing, A Single Pearl, and Hands and Hearts. She has received several awards including the New Jersey Reading Association's M. Jerry Weiss Book Award for The Prince of the Pond and the Golden Kite Award for Stones in Water.

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