This is the
twenty-fifth anniversary of Jean Fritz's award-winning account of her
life in China, and to honor this story, it is only fitting that it be
added to our prestigious line of Puffin Modern Classics. This
fictionalized autobiography tells the heartwarming story of a little
girl growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were
enjoying their childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the
midst of political unrest. Jean Fritz tells her captivating story of the
difficulties of living in a unfamiliar country at such a difficult
time.