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YOUNG XING XING IS BOUND.

Bound to her late father's second wife and daughter. Bound to a life of servitude as a young girl in ancient China, where a woman is valued less than livestock. Bound to be alone, with no parents to arrange for a suitable husband. Xing Xing spends her days taking care of her half sister, Wei Ping, who cannot walk because of her foot bindings, the painful tradition for girls who are fit to be married. Even so, Xing Xing is content to practice her gift for poetry and calligraphy, and to dream of a life unbound by the laws of family and society.

But all of this is about to change as Stepmother, who has spent nearly all of the family's money, grows desperate to find a husband for Wei Ping. Xing Xing soon realizes that this greed and desperation may threaten not only her memories of the past, but also her dreams for the future.

Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/01/2006
ISBN: 9780689861789
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.10w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/17/2006 pg. 160
Kliatt 09/01/2006 pg. 26

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 82027 / Bound
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 6