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Don't miss Ami Polonsky's stunning new novel, World Made of Glass

To Whom It May Concern: Please, we need help!

The day twelve-year-old Clara finds a desperate note in a purse in Bellman's department store, she is still reeling from the death of her adopted sister, Lola.

By that day, thirteen-year-old Yuming has lost hope that the note she stashed in the purse will ever be found. She may be stuck sewing in the pale pink factory outside of Beijing forever.

Clara grows more and more convinced that she was meant to find Yuming's note. Lola would have wanted her to do something about it. But how can Clara talk her parents, who are also in mourning, into going on a trip to China?

Finally the time comes when Yuming weighs the options, measures the risk, and attempts a daring escape.

The lives of two girls -- one American, and one Chinese -- intersect like two soaring kites in this story about loss, hope, and recovery.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/01/2016
ISBN: 9781484746905
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/26/2016
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016
School Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 99
Booklist 10/15/2016 pg. 50
BookPage 11/01/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2016

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 187228 / Threads
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9