Homesick (Puffin Trendy Classics)

The accolades communicate for themselves:”Fritz attracts the readers into scenes from her youth within the turbulent China of the mid-twenties. One comes to understand the beneficiant affection of her nurse/companion Lin Nai-Nai, the isolating distance in her mom’s grief over dropping a second baby, the dynamics of a struggling inhabitants venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a kid’s exile from a homeland she has imagined always however by no means seen….A outstanding mix of fact and storytelling.” —
Booklist, starred overview”An insightful reminiscence’s-eye-view of her childhood…Younger Jean is a powerful character, and plenty of of her reactions to folks and occasions are timeless and common.” —
College Library Journal, starred overview”Instructed with an abundance of humor–sometimes wry, typically mischievous and irreverent–the story is vibrant with environment, personalities, and a palpable sense of place.” —
The Horn Guide“From time to time a e book comes alongside that makes me need to ship a valentine to its writer. Homesick is such a e book….Pungent and scrumptious.” —
Katherine Paterson, The Washington Put up