Ma Yan’s heart-wrenching, honest diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship and bring prosperity to her family through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling in a drought-stricken corner of rural China.

Featured in WOW Review Volume X, Issue 4.

Related: China, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction

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• ISBN: 9780060764968
• Authors: Haski, Pierre; Yan, Ma
• Translators: Appignanesi, Lisa; Yanping, He
• Published: 2005, HarperCollins
• Themes: Diary, education, Poverty
• Descriptors: China, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction
• No. of pages: 192