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The paper daughters of Chinatown  Cover Image Book Book

The paper daughters of Chinatown / Heather B. Moore, Allison Hong Merrill.

Summary:

When Tien Fu Wu, a young Chinese girl, is sold into slavery by her gambler father, she is rescued by the women of the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in San Francisco, where she befriends missionary Dolly Cameron.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781639930944
  • ISBN: 1639930949
  • Physical Description: 225 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Salt Lake City : Shadow Mountain, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. A locked door -- 2. Bound feet -- 3. The mansion -- 4. A phoenix hairpin -- 5. Paper daughter -- 6. Silk dresses -- 7. Counting scars -- 8. City of fog -- 9. Into the alley -- 10. A hard decision -- 11. Two orphan children -- 12. A new roommate -- 13. One foot forward -- 14. A birthday cake -- 15. Over the rooftops -- 16. Sound of the gong -- 17. Safe and sound -- 18. A night in jail -- 19. Call to action -- 20. A plague -- 21. The bridal bouquet -- 22. A new director -- 23. Lo Mo -- 24. A promise.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10 and up. Shadow Mountain.
Grades 4-6. Shadow Mountain.
Subject: Wu, Tien Fu, 1886?-1975 > Fiction.
Cameron, Donaldina, 1869-1968 > Fiction.
Wu, Tien Fu, 1886?-1975 > Juvenile fiction.
Cameron, Donaldina, 1869-1968 > Juvenile fiction.
Occidental Mission Home > Fiction.
Occidental Mission Home > Juvenile fiction.
Human trafficking victims > Juvenile fiction.
Women social reformers > California > San Francisco > Juvenile fiction.
Chinese > California > San Francisco > Juvenile fiction.
Human trafficking > Juvenile fiction.
Reformers > Juvenile fiction.
Missionaries > Juvenile fiction.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) > Fiction.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Archie YA MOO 2023 (Text) 0002206040756 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center YA MOO 2023 (Text) 0002206040764 Young Adult Fiction Available -

Summary: When Tien Fu Wu, a young Chinese girl, is sold into slavery by her gambler father, she is rescued by the women of the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in San Francisco, where she befriends missionary Dolly Cameron.

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