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Ch'i-Lin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories

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By Linda Fang
Publisher Farrar, Straus Giroux - (Sunburst)
Ch'i-Lin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories
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A Storytelling Worldmagazine award winner In turns funny, poignant, and wise, these nine lively stories are peopled with an array of unusual characters, including a young woman raised as a boy who is then faced with the complicated business of marriage; a carpfish spirit who changes herself into a young woman for loves sake; a Miracle Doctor who can cure all illnesses except one; and a shopkeeper who learns the hard way the true meaning of justice.

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19984 words19,984 words
127 pages127 pages
Lexile 790LLexile 790L
Grade 3 to 6Grade 3 to 6
Published 1997Published 1997

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9780374411893

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