View from Pagoda Hill / Michaela MacColl.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629797823
- ISBN: 1629797820
- Physical Description: 360 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021]
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Twelve-year-old Ning doesn't know where she belongs. The daughter of a Chinese woman and American man, Ning doesn't fit in in 1870s Shanghai, where her American features and unbound feet make her stand out. When she receives news that her father will be visiting from America, Ning excitedly hopes that her parents will become a family. Instead, she learns that her father is taking her back with him to America. Ning wonders if being American will finally give her a sense of belonging, but when she arrives, she discovers that living in America isn't perfect either. In this coming-of-age novel based on the life of author Michaela MacColl's great-great-grandmother, a young girl learns to accept both sides of her heritage and find a new identity for herself."-- Amazon. |
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Subject: | Chinese Americans > Juvenile fiction. Shanghai (China) > 19th century > Fiction. Racially mixed people > Race identity > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 17 of 17 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tolland Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Tolland Public Library | J MAC (Text) | 34051150356064 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
View from Pagoda Hill
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View from Pagoda Hill
Set in the late 1800s, here is the story of Ning, a Chinese American girl who struggles to find her place in the world when she is forced to leave her home in Shanghai to go live in America with a father she barely knows. This middle-grade historical novel is based on the family history of award-winning author Michaela MacColl. Twelve-year-old Ning doesn't know where she belongs. The daughter of a Chinese woman and American man, Ning doesn't fit in in 1870s Shanghai, where her American features and unbound feet make her stand out. When she receives news that her father will be visiting from America, Ning excitedly hopes that her parents will become a family. Instead, she learns that her father is taking her back with him to America. Ning wonders if being American will finally give her a sense of belonging, but when she arrives, she discovers that living in America isn't perfect either. In this coming-of-age novel based on the life of author Michaela MacColl's great-great-great-grandmother, a young girl learns to accept both sides of her heritage and find a new identity for herself.