Dragon Springs Road.
Dragon Springs Road.
By
:
Chang, Janie.
Publication Date
:
2016
Subject Term
:
Abandoned children -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
Abandoned in the courtyard of a once-lavish estate outside Shanghai, seven-year-old Jialing learns she is zazhong--Eurasian--and thus doomed to face a lifetime of contempt from both Chinese and Europeans. The Yang family, new owners of the estate, reluctantly take her in as a servant. As Jialing grows up, her only allies are Anjuin, the eldest Yang daughter, and Fox, an animal spirit who has lived in the courtyard for more than 300 years. But when a young English girl appears and befriends the lonely orphan--and then mysteriously vanishes--Jialing’s life takes an unexpected turn and gives her hope of finding her long-lost mother. Instead, Jialing finds herself drawn into a murder at the periphery of political intrigue, a relationship that jeopardizes her friendship with Anjuin and a forbidden affair that brings danger to the man she loves. Ultimately, she learns that for years Fox has been preparing her for a very different sort of fate... should she choose to accept it.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781443439374
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
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St. John's - Michael Donovan | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC CHA |
Stephenville - Kindale | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC CHA |