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236 pp.
| Viking |
October, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-670-01386-9$15.99
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4-6
When eleven-year-old Wen is adopted from a Chinese orphanage by an American family, she vows to find a family for her beloved friend Shu Ling, who is about to age out of the adoption system. This perceptive novel by a psychologist and adoptive mother vividly portrays Wen's evolving feelings about her new family and her desperate need to help her friend.