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Spring Pearl The Last Flower Girls of Many LandsCHINA Laurence Yep Kazuhiko Sano 9781584855194 Books

My mother reads everything I read. As a children's librarian, I have access to wonderful Newbery winners for ages 9-12, at least that is how they are labeled. My mother initially poohed-poohed the notion of reading children's literature until she discovered first the Royal Diaries, and now American Girl's series, Girls of Many Lands. These are her favorites and she has read all of them. After reading my first one, "Spring Pearl: The Last Flower," I totally agree. Laurence Yep, Chinese by ancestry, but totally American by birth, is the author and a celebrated one.

The American Girl franchise is responsible for an incredible array of books, games, coloring books, theatrical sets, dolls, and more for girls. The stories of the first five girls are about European descendants. Next came the other racial groups important in establishing the new country: Addy, a slave who is freed, Josefina, who represents the Spanish settlements of the West, and Kaya, the native American already here. Now the latest series is about girls of other countries in pivotal time periods.

Spring Pearl is a young Chinese girl, living in the 1850's in Canton, a harbor town. The historical framework is the second Opium War staged by Britain against China to force sales of opium and open China's markets to foreign imports. China's outdated military and weaponry are a poor defense against the great aggressors of the West.

Amidst rumors of war Spring Pearl must pack her few possessions to make the short trip to Master Sung's estate, where he will provide a home for his deceased friend's daughter. Both of Pearl's parents, now dead, were gifted: her father a painter and translator--a scholar, and her mother a very fine seamstress and embroiderer. Pearl herself is gifted with languages, writing, gardening, and most of all as a skilled marketer.

Pearl is also one of those people who make friends everywhere except with Mistress Sung and her daughters and female servants. With them it takes time and circumstances. The Sung's gardener had been gone awhile when Pearl arrives. Pearl is distressed at its condition, knowing the calming effects a garden can have on one's soul. Planting the camelia (her namesake) from her mother's garden and reviving the Sung garden are but two of the many feats Pearl accomplishes for this family. The key to her success is the fact that her parents raised her with no restrictions. Pearl was free to learn and explore.

All the things she does are yours to read. A little Chinese history and culture are yours to read. If an 86-year-old avid reader of Bibles and theology, thrillers, and historical fiction says, "I love these little books," then you know this is a winner. In fact, get a copy and read it to your children. It's that kind of book! Explore a little Chinese history together!


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Spring Pearl The Last Flower Girls of Many LandsCHINA Laurence Yep Kazuhiko Sano 9781584855194 Books Reviews

This book is interesting and good in the ways a book can be good.That's all I can say without spoiling the story.
The book itself is the best of the three books of girls of many lands so far. I read Isabel, Cecile, and now Spring Pearl which is the best of the three. It shows a girl that is independent yet has emotions and is strong. I would have given it a higher star if they had fixed her up and give her a makeover which they hinted at many times, yet never did and the ending was a little open ended. I don't like open endings. Other than I loved that it had more history than the other books and the plot flowed rather than changed like in some of the other stories. I had no way to post Seller Feedback so I wanted to say I would also give it a higher rating if it hadn't looked like someone put a piece of paper on it and wrote on the top cover making lots of indented scribbles and words and it's supposed to be 'brand new' That was very careless of the seller. When I buy new I like my books to be in perfect condition.
I bought this as part of a classroom library I helped my daughter build for her 4th grade class she will be teaching in Honduras. She read all the "Girls of Many Lands" books when she was a young girl and wanted her students to have the opportunity to read them also.
My mother reads everything I read. As a children's librarian, I have access to wonderful Newbery winners for ages 9-12, at least that is how they are labeled. My mother initially poohed-poohed the notion of reading children's literature until she discovered first the Royal Diaries, and now American Girl's series, Girls of Many Lands. These are her favorites and she has read all of them. After reading my first one, "Spring Pearl The Last Flower," I totally agree. Laurence Yep, Chinese by ancestry, but totally American by birth, is the author and a celebrated one.

The American Girl franchise is responsible for an incredible array of books, games, coloring books, theatrical sets, dolls, and more for girls. The stories of the first five girls are about European descendants. Next came the other racial groups important in establishing the new country Addy, a slave who is freed, Josefina, who represents the Spanish settlements of the West, and Kaya, the native American already here. Now the latest series is about girls of other countries in pivotal time periods.

Spring Pearl is a young Chinese girl, living in the 1850's in Canton, a harbor town. The historical framework is the second Opium War staged by Britain against China to force sales of opium and open China's markets to foreign imports. China's outdated military and weaponry are a poor defense against the great aggressors of the West.

Amidst rumors of war Spring Pearl must pack her few possessions to make the short trip to Master Sung's estate, where he will provide a home for his deceased friend's daughter. Both of Pearl's parents, now dead, were gifted her father a painter and translator--a scholar, and her mother a very fine seamstress and embroiderer. Pearl herself is gifted with languages, writing, gardening, and most of all as a skilled marketer.

Pearl is also one of those people who make friends everywhere except with Mistress Sung and her daughters and female servants. With them it takes time and circumstances. The Sung's gardener had been gone awhile when Pearl arrives. Pearl is distressed at its condition, knowing the calming effects a garden can have on one's soul. Planting the camelia (her namesake) from her mother's garden and reviving the Sung garden are but two of the many feats Pearl accomplishes for this family. The key to her success is the fact that her parents raised her with no restrictions. Pearl was free to learn and explore.

All the things she does are yours to read. A little Chinese history and culture are yours to read. If an 86-year-old avid reader of Bibles and theology, thrillers, and historical fiction says, "I love these little books," then you know this is a winner. In fact, get a copy and read it to your children. It's that kind of book! Explore a little Chinese history together!