The vine basket

Description:

Life has been hard for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul, a member of the Uyghur tribal group scorned by the Chinese communist regime, so when an American offers to buy all the baskets she can make in three weeks, Mehrigul strives for a better future for herself and her family despite her father's opposition.

subjects: Fathers and daughters,  Uighur (Turkic people),  Ethnic relations,  Fiction,  Basket making,  Farm life,  Father-daughter relationship,  Juvenile fiction,  Race relations,  Children of alcoholics,  Children's fiction,  Fathers and daughters, fiction,  Farm life, fiction,  China, fiction

Places: China