From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, and learns about family, friendship, and the power of being finally seen.My sister got to grow up with my parents. Me? I grew up with postcards from my parents.When ten-year-old Lina Gao steps off the plane in Los Angeles, it’s her first time in America and the first time seeing her parents and her little sister in five years! She’s been waiting for this moment every day while she lived with her grandmother in Beijing, getting teased by kids at school who called her “left behind girl.” Finally, her parents are ready for her to join their fabulous life in America! Except, it’s not exactly like in the postcards:1. School’s a lot harder than she thought. When she mispronounces some words in English on the first day, she decides she simply won’t talk. Ever again.
Philip Fei Wu was born in the outskirts of Shanghai, the "Venice of the East," where he lived the first 35 years of his life and endured the Chinese political turbulence. From his teens, all throughou
《西學東漸記:容純甫先生自敘》是容閎先生英文自傳的最早中譯本，1915年由上海商務印書館出版。原書名為My Life in China and America。譯者以近代流行的“新民體”特有的典雅簡潔行文，生動地展現了作者在清末大變局中留學海歸，獻身祖國近代化事業的精彩人生。書中記錄了清末官派幼童留學美國的始末，也回憶了作者坐言起行，心懷天下，勞碌奔波，實踐教育救國，投身維新改良運動的傳奇經歷。從
本書是容閎1901年用英文寫成的回憶錄My Life in China and America的中文版本,由惲鐵樵,徐鳳石譯成中文,名為《我在中國與美國的生活》。作者講述了自己初蒙教育,學成歸國后,從事經商,走實業救國的道路受阻；寄妄于太平天國能夠重建一個“新政”失敗；入曾國藩幕,派往美國購買機器,建成江南制造局；主持選派幼童赴美留學事宜；出任留美學生監督時任駐美國、西班牙、秘魯副公使；參與“戊戌
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a gripping middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, and learns about sisterhood, family, and the power of community. My sister got to grow up with my parents. Me? I grew up with postcards from my parents. When ten-year-old Lina Gao steps off the plane in Los Angeles, it's her first time in America and the first time seeing her parents and her little sister in five years! She's been waiting for this moment every day while she lived with her grandmother in Beijing, getting teased by kids at school who called her "left behind girl." Finally, her parents are ready for her to join their fabulous life in America! Except, it's not exactly like in the postcards: 1. School's a lot harder than she thought. When she mispronounces some words in English on the first day, she decides she simply won't talk. Ever again. 2. Her chatty little sister has no problem wit
