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Throwaway Daughter

By Ting-Xing Ye
with William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
with William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
Contributions by William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
Contributions by William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
with William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
with William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
Contributions by William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
Contributions by William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
Read by Ting-Xing Ye, Stephanie Belding, Garland Chang, Annie Chen, Rong Fu, John Ng and Diana Tsa
with William Bell

By Ting-Xing Ye
Read by Ting-Xing Ye, Stephanie Belding, Garland Chang, Annie Chen, Rong Fu, John Ng and Diana Tsa
with William Bell

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May 03, 2022 | ISBN 9781774880340 | Young Adult

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    About Throwaway Daughter

    A Canadian teenager travels to China to explore her ancestry and search for her birth mother in a dramatic and moving YA novel.

    Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from the unwelcome reminders of difference, Grace loves passing for the typical Canadian teen — until the day she witnesses the Tiananmen massacre on the news. Horrified, she sets out to explore her Chinese ancestry, only to discover that she was one of the thousands of infant girls abandoned in China since the introduction of the one-child policy, strictly enforced by the Communist government. But Grace was one of the lucky ones, adopted as a baby by a loving Canadian couple.   
     
    With the encouragement of her adoptive parents, she studies Chinese and travels back to China in search of her birth mother. She manages to locate the village where she was born, but at first no one is willing to help her. However, Grace never gives up and, finally, she is reunited with her birth mother, discovering through this emotional bond the truth of what happened to her almost twenty years before.

    About Throwaway Daughter

    A dramatic and moving YA novel by Ting-xing Ye, the internationally acclaimed author of A Leaf in the Bitter Wind, working with her husband, William Bell, author of the award-winning novels for young adults Forbidden City, Zack, and Stones.
    .
    Throwaway Daughter tells the dramatic and moving story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, a typical Canadian teenager until the day she witnesses the Tiananmen massacre on television. Horrified, she sets out to explore her Chinese ancestry, only to discover that she was one of the thousands of infant girls abandoned in China since the introduction of the one-child policy, strictly enforced by the Communist government. But Grace was one of the lucky ones, adopted as a baby by a loving Canadian couple.

    With the encouragement of her adoptive parents, she studies Chinese and travels back to China in search of her birth mother. She manages to locate the village where she was born, but at first no one is willing to help her. However, Grace never gives up and, finally, she is reunited with her birth mother, discovering through this emotional bond the truth of what happened to her almost twenty years before.

    About Throwaway Daughter

    A Canadian teenager travels to China to explore her ancestry and search for her birth mother in a dramatic and moving YA novel.

    Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from the unwelcome reminders of difference, Grace loves passing for the typical Canadian teen — until the day she witnesses the Tiananmen massacre on the news. Horrified, she sets out to explore her Chinese ancestry, only to discover that she was one of the thousands of infant girls abandoned in China since the introduction of the one-child policy, strictly enforced by the Communist government. But Grace was one of the lucky ones, adopted as a baby by a loving Canadian couple.   
     
    With the encouragement of her adoptive parents, she studies Chinese and travels back to China in search of her birth mother. She manages to locate the village where she was born, but at first no one is willing to help her. However, Grace never gives up and, finally, she is reunited with her birth mother, discovering through this emotional bond the truth of what happened to her almost twenty years before.

    About Throwaway Daughter

    A dramatic and moving YA novel by Ting-xing Ye, the internationally acclaimed author of A Leaf in the Bitter Wind, working with her husband, William Bell, author of the award-winning novels for young adults Forbidden City, Zack, and Stones.
    .
    Throwaway Daughter tells the dramatic and moving story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, a typical Canadian teenager until the day she witnesses the Tiananmen massacre on television. Horrified, she sets out to explore her Chinese ancestry, only to discover that she was one of the thousands of infant girls abandoned in China since the introduction of the one-child policy, strictly enforced by the Communist government. But Grace was one of the lucky ones, adopted as a baby by a loving Canadian couple.

    With the encouragement of her adoptive parents, she studies Chinese and travels back to China in search of her birth mother. She manages to locate the village where she was born, but at first no one is willing to help her. However, Grace never gives up and, finally, she is reunited with her birth mother, discovering through this emotional bond the truth of what happened to her almost twenty years before.

    About Throwaway Daughter

    A Canadian teenager travels to China to explore her ancestry and search for her birth mother in a dramatic and moving YA novel.

    Throwaway Daughter tells the story of Grace Dong-mei Parker, whose biggest concern is how to distill her adoption from China into the neat blanks of her personal history assignment. Aside from the unwelcome reminders of difference, Grace loves passing for the typical Canadian teen — until the day she witnesses the Tiananmen massacre on the news. Horrified, she sets out to explore her Chinese ancestry, only to discover that she was one of the thousands of infant girls abandoned in China since the introduction of the one-child policy, strictly enforced by the Communist government. But Grace was one of the lucky ones, adopted as a baby by a loving Canadian couple.   
     
    With the encouragement of her adoptive parents, she studies Chinese and travels back to China in search of her birth mother. She manages to locate the village where she was born, but at first no one is willing to help her. However, Grace never gives up and, finally, she is reunited with her birth mother, discovering through this emotional bond the truth of what happened to her almost twenty years before.

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    TING-XING YE, born in Shanghai in 1952, was an English interpreter for the Chinese government before leaving China in 1987. Her memoir, A Leaf in the Bitter Wind, has been published in nine countries. She is also the author of… More about Ting-Xing Ye

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    About Ting-Xing Ye

    TING-XING YE, born in Shanghai in 1952, was an English interpreter for the Chinese government before leaving China in 1987. Her memoir, A Leaf in the Bitter Wind, has been published in nine countries. She is also the author of… More about Ting-Xing Ye

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    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Tundra Books
    May 03, 2022 | 256 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9781774880340

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Mass Market Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Seal Books
    Apr 27, 2004 | 320 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780770429218

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Tundra Books
    May 03, 2022 | 272 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781774880357

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Seal Books
    May 14, 2010 | 320 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385673501

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Audiobooks

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    Published by Tundra Books
    May 03, 2022 | 356 Minutes | ISBN 9781770499409
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