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"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--
1890, Atlanta. Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night she moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper...
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A 100th anniversary tribute chronicles the inspiring true story of a Chinese-American trail cook whose resourcefulness during a historical camping venture in the Sierras safeguarded a team of influential writers, tycoons, politicians and celebrities who later founded the National Park Service. --Publisher
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Boys of San Joaquin volume 3
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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In Orange Grove, California, in 1951, plans for an upcoming carnival and running away part-time fall by the wayside when twelve-year-old Paolo, his six-year-old brother Georgie, and their ten-year-old deaf cousin Billy become victims of prejudice after Billy befriends a Chinese American girl.