Chu Ju's House

Marc Notes: In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China and earns food and shelter by working on a sampan, tending silk worms, and planting rice seedlings, while wondering if she will ever see her family again.; Ages 10 and up. Publisher Marketing: One girl too many . . . When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. To make room for one, this girl will have to go. Fourteen-year-old Chu Ju knows she cannot allow this to happen to her sister. Understanding that one girl must leave, she sets out in the middle of the night, vowing not to return. With luminescent detail, National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan transports readers to China, where law conspires with tradition, tearing a young woman from her family, sending her on a remarkable journey to find a home of her own. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/19/2005 pg. 67 (EAN 9780060507268, Paperback) Ingram Children's Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 29 (EAN 9780060507268, Paperback) Booklist 03/15/2004 pg. 1301 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2004 pg. 339 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) School Library Journal 05/01/2004 pg. 159 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) School Library Journal 10/01/2004 pg. 37 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 726 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 1041 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2004 pg. 337 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2004 pg. 310 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2004 pg. 394 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Multicultural Review 03/01/2005 pg. 112 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 389 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 389 (EAN 9780060507251, Library Binding) Booklist 03/15/2004 pg. 1301 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2004 pg. 339 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) School Library Journal 05/01/2004 pg. 159 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) School Library Journal 10/01/2004 pg. 37 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2005 pg. 726 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 1041 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2004 pg. 337 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Bookpage 04/01/2004 pg. 30 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2004 pg. 310 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2004 pg. 394 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Kliatt 03/01/2004 pg. 17 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/01/2004 pg. 70 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 389 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 389 (EAN 9780060507244, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Whelan, Gloria Gloria Whelan is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books for children and young adults. She won the National Book Award for young people's literature for her novel "Homeless Bird". A versatile author of historical and contemporary fiction for children and young adults, as well as short stories and poetry for adults, Whelan is, according to Liz Rosenberg in the "Chicago Tribune", "an accomplished, graceful, and intelligent writer." She lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and you can visit her at GloriaWhelan.com.