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McMullan, James

Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood

113 pp. | Algonquin | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-61620-255-2 $19.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-61620-401-3
(2) YA McMullan's privileged childhood in North China (with missionary parents) was disrupted by the 1937 Japanese occupation; the rest of his childhood would be spent on the move, all over the globe. McMullan punctuates his spare narrative with character-revealing incidents. Each memory of the observant child becomes a richly evocative scene as well as a harmonious composition in this intimate and powerful autobiographical journey.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2014

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