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The Lotus Seed
By Garland, Sherry & Kiuchi, Tatsuro
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15249-465-0
- Publisher
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1993.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1993
Gr 2-5 A nameless Vietnamese narrator tells of her grandmother who, as a girl, accidentally sees the last emperor cry on the day of his abdication. She surreptitiously enters the palace gardens and takes a lotus seed as a remembrance of that day and her ruler. She keeps the seed with her through vicissitudes of war, flight, and emigration until one summer a grandson (the narrato...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
