The Boat Girl and the Magic Fish

by Dean Barrett

The Boat Girl and the Magic Fish is a tender introduction to one of the lifestyles that has long identified Hong Kong as a place unique in the world. Kum-choi, a boat girl who has grown up on a Chinese junk at sea, must join in the progress and go ashore to school. There she experiences the shock of seagoing fisherfolk as they resettle on shore to learn new ways that will forever separate them from the old ways they know and love.The sea gypsies'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966189957
• ISBN13: 9780966189957
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Village East Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7