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Overview"""The class is so quiet you can hear Tina's hard shoe soles on the floor. Everyone is watching us. Sisters, they are thinking."" Ten-year-old Sarah misses her best friend and neighbor, Victoria, terribly. She still waits for her in the backyard just in case she comes back. The last thing Sarah needs is to be paired with the new girl at school, Tina, who has just arrived from China. Sarah is used to being confused with other Asian students at school, but she doesn't want people to assume that she and Tina have a lot in common. In fact, even simple communication is hard for them: Tina's English is poor, and Sarah doesn't speak a word of Chinese. Thrown together amidst a swirl of problems at home and at school, Sarah and Tina are reluctant to forge a friendship. But both of them must come to terms with the changes in their lives—whether they are able to overcome their differences or not. Andrea Cheng has remained true to the hearts and voices of two ten-year-old girls in this moving story about friendship. Told in alternating stories and in the innocent voices of two ten year old girls, Honeysuckle House addresses alienation, longing, prejudice, and cultural differences without ever losing touch with the true preoccupations of childhood." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrea ChengPublisher: Front Street Inc Imprint: Front Street Inc Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9781886910997ISBN 10: 1886910995 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 28 April 2004 Recommended Age: 8-12 Audience: Children/juvenile , Primary & secondary/elementary & high school , Children / Juvenile , Educational: Primary & Secondary Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsCheng brings Marika and her world alive with her simple prose, investing readers in the protagonist's life. * With a smoothly drawn and interesting plot, strong characters, and graceful writing, the story has more immediacy than much realistic contemporary fiction. -- School Library Journal , starred review Author InformationAndrea Cheng, the daughter of Hungarian immigrants, teaches English as a Second Language in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she lives with her Chinese-American husband and their three children. She is the author of the young adult novel MARIKA (Front Street, 2002) and several picture books published by other publishers, Lee & Low among them. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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