Dori Jones Yang

The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of 120 boys sent to New England in the 1870s by the Emperor of China as part of a Chinese educational mission, 12-year-old Leon falls in love with baseball, even though he's expressly forbidden to play. The boy's host father sees and cultivates Leon's interest, teaching Leon more about America through its favorite sport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sparkpress
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781943006328
• ISBN-10: 1943006326
• Artikelnr.: 47494799

Autorenporträt

Dori Jones Yang is a Seattle-area writer with extensive experience making personal connections across boundaries of culture and time. Raised in Ohio, she lived and worked in Singapore and Hong Kong and covered the opening of China as a journalist for Business Week. Married to a Chinese man, she has traveled widely throughout Asia and raised a Chinese-American child. Her previous books include a young-adult historical novel set in China at the time of Marco Polo and a middle-grade novel about a girl from China who begins fifth grade in Seattle only to discover she has lost her voice. After studying Chinese for many years, Dori knows what it feels like to struggle to express your thoughts in an unfamiliar language. Learn more at www.booksbydori.com.