Dragonfly Eyes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536200188)

A 2023 Batchelder Honor Book

From acclaimed Chinese author Cao Wenxuan, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, comes a compelling family saga spanning fifty years and three generations.

Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe it's because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild. Or maybe it's because the pair look so much alike and neither resembles the rest of their Chinese family. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone seems suspicious of Nainai's European heritage and interracial marriage. In this time of political upheaval, Ah-Mei and her family suffer much--and when the family silk business falters, they are left with almost nothing. Ah-Mei and her grandmother are resourceful, but will the tender connection they share bring them enough strength to carry through? This multigenerational saga by one of China's most esteemed children's authors takes the reader from 1920s France to a ravaged postwar Shanghai and through the convulsions of the Cultural Revolution.

Author: Cao Wenxuan
ISBN-10: 1536200182
ISBN-13: 9781536200188
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 08/16/2022
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.00w x 1.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 515606 / Dragonfly Eyes

Award: Mildred L. Batchelder Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2022
Booklist 05/15/2022 pg. 56
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 08/15/2022