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Little White Duck
A Childhood in China
By Liu, Na
- ISBN
- 978-0-7613-6587-7 978-0-7613-8115-0
- Publisher
- Lerner/Graphic Universe
REVIEWS
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2012
Wife-and-husband team Na Liu and Andrés Vera Martínez use a graphic-novel format to bring Liu’s childhood in 1970s Wuhan, China, to life for contemporary children. Much will seem the same -- family life with a younger sister, school, a visit with a semi-scary grandmother -- but the particulars in the eight vignettes included here make all the difference. Liu recalls her uncontrollable (and uncomprehending) sobbing at the death of a "grandpa" she did not really know, Chairman Mao; creativity and finally subterfug...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012 | Intermediate Fiction
Eight vignettes in graphic-novel format bring Liu's childhood in 1970s China to life. Much will seem the same, but the particulars make all t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
