The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball
Published on 15. August 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-943006-32-8 (ISBN)
Description
Twelve-year-old Leon is among a group of 120 boys sent to New England in the 1870s by the Emperor of China as part of a Chinese educational mission. Once there, he falls in love with baseball, even though he's expressly forbidden to play. The boy's host father, who's recently lost his own son in an accident, sees and cultivates Leon's interest, bringing joy back into his own life and teaching Leon more about America through its favorite sport than any rule-bound educational mission could possibly hope to achieve.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
She Writes Press
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-943006-32-8 (9781943006328)
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Dori Jones Yang
The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball
E-Book
08/2017
She Writes Press
€9.88
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Person
Dori Jones Yang is a Seattle-area writer with extensive experience making personal connections across boundaries of culture and time. Raised in Ohio, she lived and worked in Singapore and Hong Kong and covered the opening of China as a journalist for Business Week. Married to a Chinese man, she has traveled widely throughout Asia and has raised a Chinese-American child. Her previous books include a young-adult historical novel set in China at the time of Marco Polo and a middle-grade novel about a girl from China who begins fifth grade in Seattle only to discover she has lost her voice. After studying Chinese for many years, Dori knows what it feels like to struggle to express your thoughts in an unfamiliar language. Learn more at www.booksbydori.com.