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Homesick: My Own Story Paperback - 1999
by Jean Fritz
Fritz's Newbery Honor-winning memoir of growing up during a turbulent time in China's history is "rich in the telling observations of sights, sounds and people" ("Publishers Weekly"). Illustrations & photos.
Summary
The accolades speak for themselves: "Fritz draws the readers into scenes from her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties. One comes to appreciate the generous affection of her nurse/companion Lin Nai-Nai, the isolating distance in her mother's grief over losing a second child, the dynamics of a suffering population venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a child's exile from a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen....A remarkable blend of truth and storytelling." --Booklist, starred review "An insightful memory's-eye-view of her childhood...Young Jean is a strong character, and many of her reactions to people and events are timeless and universal." --School Library Journal, starred review "Told with an abundance of humor--sometimes wry, sometimes mischievous and irreverent--the story is vibrant with atmosphere, personalities, and a palpable sense of place." --The Horn Book "Every now and then a book comes along that makes me want to send a valentine to its author. Homesick is such a book....Pungent and delicious." --Katherine Paterson, The Washington Post
First line
IN MY FATHER'S STUDY THERE WAS A LARGE globe with all the countries of the world running around it.
Details
- Title Homesick: My Own Story
- Author Jean Fritz
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date July 19, 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780698117822 / 0698117824
- Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.04 x 0.49 in (19.81 x 12.80 x 1.24 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 860
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1920's
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects China, Fritz, Jean
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 09/15/1999, Page 254
- Ingram Advance, 07/01/1999, Page 26
- Ingram Children's Advance, 07/01/1999, Page 41
- Publishers Weekly, 09/20/1999, Page 90
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