Albany Junior High School Library

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eng chi Cao Wenxuan ; translated by Helen Wang
378 pages
Cover: even in the toughest times, Shanghai will always be home
Summary: Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild, or maybe because the pair look so alike -- and because neither look much like the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone is suspicious of Nainai's European heritage. Ah-Mei and her family suffer much in this time of political upheaval, and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing. But Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, and they have one another -- and the tenderness they share brings them great strength
Translated from the Chinese