| Seesaw Girl Contributor(s): Park, Linda Sue (Author), Tseng, Mou-Sien (Illustrator), Tseng, Jean (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0547248881 ISBN-13: 9780547248882 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Set in 17th-century Korea, this story is of a young girl who yearns to see what lies beyond the walls of her family's home and enlarge her world. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Asia - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.34" W x 7.64" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Topical - Self-Esteem - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 34882 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jade never ventures beyond the walls of her family's Inner Court; in seventeenth-century Korea, a girl of good family does not leave home until she marries. She is enthralled by her older brother's stories about trips to the market and to the ancestral grave sites in the mountains, about reading and painting, about his conversations with their father about business and politics and adventures only boys can have. Jade accepts her destiny, and yet she is endlessly curious about what lies beyond the walls. A lively story with a vividly realized historical setting, Seesaw Girl recounts Jade Blossom's daring attempts to enlarge her world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tseng, Mou-Sien: - JEAN and MOU-SIEN TSENG are a wife and husband team who came to the United States from Taiwan. They have illustrated nearly two dozen books for children, many on Asian subjects. This is their first for Clarion.Tseng, Jean: - JEAN and MOU-SIEN TSENG are a wife and husband team who came to the United States from Taiwan. They have illustrated nearly two dozen books for children, many on Asian subjects. This is their first for Clarion.Park, Linda Sue: - Linda Sue Park is the author of bestseller A Long Walk to Water as well as the Newbery Medal book A Single Shard and many other acclaimed novels and picture books. She lives in Rochester, NY. www.lspark.com, Twitter: @LindaSuePark. |