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During the Japanese occupation of China, a young Chinese boy named Tien Pao becomes separated from his family in a heavy rain when his sampan breaks loose from the mooring and he finds himself alone in Japanese territory with only his pig. His magnificent faith, tenacious courage and indestructible will illustrate the horror, terror and lonliness of war and its effects on humanity. Tien Pao's unwillingness to surrender his belief in the impossible aids him in his long, difficult journey back to China and his parents. |
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Meindert DeJong is the award-winning author of many classic books for children. He won the Newbery Medal for The Wheel on the School in 1955. Several of his books were also nominated as Newbery Honor books, including Shadrach and Hurry Home Candy in 1954, The House of Sixty Fathers in 1957 and Along Came a Dog in 1959. Journey from Peppermint Street won the National Book Award in 1969. In 1962 he won the Hans Christian Anderson Medal. Except for references to his books and awards, there is not much information on the Internet about Meindert DeJong. Some of his other books (many of which are out of print) include The Easter Cat, The Singing Hill, The Tower by the Sea, Big Goose and the Little White Duck, Good Luck Duck, The Little Cow and the Turtle, Mighty Ones (Great Men and Women of Early Bible Days), Nobody Plays With a Cabbage, The Almost All-White Rabbity Cat, Bells of the Harbor, In Bible Days, Billy and the Unhappy Bull, Dirk's Dog, Bello, Far Out the Long Canal, A Horse Came Running, The Last Little Cat, Puppy Summer, Smoke Above the Lane, and Wheels Over the Bridge. Look for Meindert DeJong's books (either new or used) at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Bibliofind. |
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