{"product_id":"throwaway-daughter-paperback","title":"Throwaway Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTing-Xing Ye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Canadian teenager travels to China to explore her ancestry and search for her birth mother in a dramatic and moving YA novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrowaway Daughter \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from the unwelcome reminders of difference, Grace loves passing for the typical Canadian teen -- until the day she witnesses the Tiananmen massacre on the news. Horrified, she sets out to explore her Chinese ancestry, only to discover that she was one of the thousands of infant girls abandoned in China since the introduction of the one-child policy, strictly enforced by the Communist government. But Grace was one of the lucky ones, adopted as a baby by a loving Canadian couple. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the encouragement of her adoptive parents, she studies Chinese and travels back to China in search of her birth mother. She manages to locate the village where she was born, but at first no one is willing to help her. However, Grace never gives up and, finally, she is reunited with her birth mother, discovering through this emotional bond the truth of what happened to her almost twenty years before.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTING-XING YE\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Shanghai in 1952, was an English interpreter for the Chinese government before leaving China in 1987. Her memoir, \u003ci\u003eA Leaf in the Bitter Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, has been published in nine countries. She is also the author of six children's books, ranging from picture books to YA, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eWhite Lily\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Orillia, Ontario. \u003cb\u003eWILLIAM BELL\u003c\/b\u003e was a Canadian author whose young adult novels have been translated into nine languages and have won a number of awards, among them the Manitoba Readers' Choice Award, the Mr. Christie's Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, and the Canadian Librarians' Association Award. He died in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Throwaway Daughter\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697838723135,"sku":"9781774880340","price":13.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c15560a821dea1806aada2428642a964.webp?v=1765009675","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/throwaway-daughter-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}