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When the circus came to town / Laurence Yep ; drawings by Suling Wang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: 113 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 006029325X
  • 0060293268 (lib. bdg.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 21
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.Y44 Wh 2002
Summary: An Asian cook and a Chinese New Year celebration help a ten-year-old girl at a Montana stage coach station to regain her confidence after smallpox scars her face.
List(s) this item appears in: Chinese New Year | Lunar New Year
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Yep, Laurence Available 33111004352130
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ursula always wanted to see the circus. That is, until she caught smallpox. Now all she wants is to hide her scarred face. But Ah Sam, her parents' Chinese cook, has other ideas. He brings to town a magical circus and finds a way to give Ursula the confidence she needs to face the world. In return, Ursula finds a way to make Ah Sam happy. She creates the biggest, best Chinese New Year celebration that Whistle, Montana, has ever seen! Based on actual events that occurred in the early twentieth century, two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep's novel captures both the overwhelming pain of being different and the simple comfort in finding the community to which you belong.

An Asian cook and a Chinese New Year celebration help a ten-year-old girl at a Montana stage coach station to regain her confidence after smallpox scars her face.

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