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Title Statement | Straw dogs of the universe: a novel / Ye Chun. |
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Author | Ye, Chun |
Publication | New York: Catapult,[2023]©2023 |
Edition | First Catapult edition. |
Extent of Item | 317 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781646220625 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07209315 |
Summary | "After her village is devastated by famine, 10-year-old Sixiang is sold to a human trafficker for a bag of rice and six silver coins. Her mother is reluctant to let her go, but the promise of a better life for her beloved daughter ultimately sways her. Arriving in America with the profits from her sale and a single photograph of Guifeng, her absent father, Sixiang journeys across an unfamiliar American landscape in the hopes of reuniting her family"-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Child trafficking--Fiction |
Families--Fiction | |
Girls--Fiction | |
By Location | California--Fiction--20th Century |
By Genre | Western fiction |
Historical fiction | |
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