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Silk Umbrellas
By Marsden, Carolyn
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76362-257-2
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2004
Gr 3-6 Noi, 11, lives in a small village in Thailand with her parents, her grandmother, and her older sister. Her carefree life, filled with family and school, is changing as farmland is sold to developers, costing her father his job. Money is scarce, and the girl is stunned when Ting is sent to work in a factory. Her horror grows when she visits her sister at her job one day and realizes that this might be her destiny as well. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
