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246 pp.
| Disney/Hyperion |
November, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4847-4690-5$16.99
(4)
4-6
Yuming, a contemporary Chinese girl enslaved by a greedy sweatshop owner, and Clara, an American girl whose adopted Chinese sister has recently died, are connected by Yuming's desperate note, stuffed inside a purse found by Clara in a store. Inspired by a real news story, Polonsky sheds light on important issues in a novel that is moving even as the characters' lives intertwine a little too coincidentally.