Spring Pearl

Description:

Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write, twelve-year-old, orphaned Spring Pearl's "odd ways" help save the family during the 1857 Opium War in Canton, China.

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  Family life,  Fiction,  Sex role,  Orphans,  History,  Family life -- China -- Guangzhou -- Fiction,  Orphans -- Fiction,  Sex role -- Fiction,  Guangzhou (China) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction,  China -- History -- Foreign intervention, 1857-1861 -- Juvenile fiction,  China -- History -- Foreign intervention, 1857-1861 -- Fiction,  Children's fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Sex role, fiction,  Orphans, fiction,  China, fiction

Places: China,  Guangzhou,  Guangzhou (China)

Times: 19th century,  Foreign intervention, 1857-1861