Synopsis Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write, twelve-year-old, orphaned Spring Pearl's "odd ways" help save the family during the 1857 Opium War in Canton, China.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-09-01 | | Series: | Girls of Many Lands | | Illustrator: | Kazuhiko Sano | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 224 pages | | Height: | 7.3 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note As China's Second Opium War against the British and French rages on in Canton, orphaned Chou Spring Pearl is sent to live with the family of wealthy Master Sung, but when Master Sung is arrested for protesting the government's heavy taxes, it is the learned Spring Pearl that may be his only hope for freedom. Simultaneous.
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