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Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society: By the Author of Chinese Cinderella
Adeline Yen Mah
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Description for Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society: By the Author of Chinese Cinderella
Paperback. This absorbing and exciting adventure story is framed by both the author's real-life story and the reality of World War II in Shanghai. Chinese Cinderella has left the home of her cruel stepmother and must seek her own destiny. She meets up with a group of orphans who live with Grandma Wu. Series: Chinese Cinderella. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
During her lonely childhood in Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah wrote adventure stories to escape from her terrible step-mother and cruel siblings. The characters she created often became more real to her than her own family. In Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society, Adeline tells the story of Chinese Cinderella, a young girl who, after being thrown out of her home, has no choice but to go out and seek her own destiny. Soon she meets up with a group of children, all orphaned but each from a different background, who live with an old lady called Grandma Wu. Chinese ... Read more
During her lonely childhood in Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah wrote adventure stories to escape from her terrible step-mother and cruel siblings. The characters she created often became more real to her than her own family. In Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society, Adeline tells the story of Chinese Cinderella, a young girl who, after being thrown out of her home, has no choice but to go out and seek her own destiny. Soon she meets up with a group of children, all orphaned but each from a different background, who live with an old lady called Grandma Wu. Chinese ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Chinese Cinderella
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141314969
SKU
KTG0007811
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Adeline Yen Mah
Adeline Yen Mah was born in Tianjin, but grew up in Shanghai, Hong Kong and London. She attended medical school in London and Edinburgh and emigrated to California where she became chief of anaethesia at the hospital where she worked, as well as medical director a surgical clinic. After the publication of FALLING LEAVES which has sold over 1,000,000 copies ... Read more
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