cultural mountain daughter throwaway

books:

Share the Sky
Ting-xing Ye

Annick Press, 1999

Little Fei-fei loves kites. She lives in China with her grandfather, who makes the most beautiful kites. Then a letter arrives from North America--the time has come for her to join her parents there. She is full of questions and doubts about her new life in a country far away. Will she and Grandpa even share the same sky? On her first day at her new school, she is excited to find a rainbow-kite hanging in her classroom. And best of all, the ...

Weighing the Elephant (Folktale)

3 reviews
Ting-xing Ye

Annick Press, 1998

Terrific !
A discovery of a scientific principle, inside marvelous story.The watercolors set the mood beautifully.A winner for ALL ages !

Three Monks, No Water

1 review
Ting-Xing Ye

Topeka Bindery, 1999

exciting little story
_Three Monks, No Water_ is the story of how three monks came to learn the lesson of responsibility. One young monk lived alone in a mountaintop monastery. He carried water daily from the creek in the valley. When an older, skinny monk arrives, they try to carry the water together, but with no luck, because one monk is much taller than the other one. A fat monk then arrives, and each monk ...

A Leaf In The Bitter Wind

20 reviews
Ting-Xing Ye

Anchor Canada, 1998

great book
I think this book was really good. I noticed other reviewers complaining about the ending, but this is her life story! She can't change the ending of her life!

Throwaway Daughter

3 reviews
Ting-Xing Ye

Seal Books, 2004

Throwaway Daughter
Grace Dong-Mei Parker was adopted from a Chinese orphanage by Canadian parents, and despite their well-meaning efforts, she's adamantly opposed to having anything to do with her Chinese heritage. The sense of identity that language lessons and lunches in Chinatown never accomplish, happens dramatically when she witnesses a news broadcast of the Tiananmen Square massacre, and results in her return ...

Mountain Girl, River Girl
Ting-Xing Ye

Penguin Books Canada, 2008

My Name Is Number 4: A True Story from the Cultural Revolution
Ting-xing Ye

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Number Four will have a difficult life. These are the words that were uttered upon Ting-xing Ye’s birth. Soon this prophecy would prove only too true. . . . Here is the real-life story about the fourth child in a family torn apart by China’s Cultural Revolution. After the death of both of her parents, Ting-xing and her siblings endured brutal Red Guard attacks on their schools and even in their home. At the age of sixteen, ...

White Lily
Ting-Xing Ye

Doubleday Publishing, 2000

Nearly a century ago, deep in the centre of the Forbidden City, China's last emperor reigned from his dragon throne. Although he was only a boy, the imperial decrees issued in his name were shouted in every corner of the country, binding his subjects with the stout ropes of custom and regulations. Every man had to shave his head and wear a single pigtail to symbolize his submission to the boy, and every woman was second in importance, even in ...