Girls on the Line
- ISBN-10
- 1512459380
- ISBN-13
- 9781512459388
- Category
- Young Adult Fiction
- Pages
- 232
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Carolrhoda Books
- Author
- Jennie Liu
Description
Told in two voices, Luli and Yun, raised in an orphanage to age sixteen, work together in a factory until Yun, pregnant, disappears and Luli must confront the dangers of the outside world to find her. Includes facts about China's One-Child Policy and its effects.
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