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Dragonfly eyes, Cao Wenxuan ; translated from the Chinese by Helen Wang

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Ages 9-12

Grades 4-7

fiction

Dragonfly eyes

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Cao Wenxuan ; translated from the Chinese by Helen Wang

Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a difficult place to grow up, especially when the family silk business is given over to the government and they are left with their beloved home and little else. Ah Mei and her grandmother suffer, but they are resourceful and have each other, and the tenderness they share brings them great strength

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