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The Vine basket /

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 opp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: La Valley, Josanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Clarion Books, 2013.
Subjects:
Basket making > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Farm life > China > Fiction.
Ethnic relations > Fiction.
Uighur (Turkic people) > Fiction.
China > Fiction.
Basket making > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Farm life > China > Juvenile fiction.
Ethnic relations > Juvenile fiction.
Uighur (Turkic people) > Juvenile fiction.
China > Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Basket making.
Ethnic relations.
Farm life.
Fathers and daughters.
Uighur (Turkic people)
China.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:252 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780547848013 (hardcover)
0547848013 (hardcover)