num_pages: 32
description: A mother makes the long journey to China to see her new baby for the first time. When Shu-li is born her parents wrap her in a blanket and take her to town. The government says that a family is allowed to have only one child. So they lay Shu-li on the ground beneath a bridge. On her blanket they pin a note that reads THIS IS OUR SHU-LI. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HER. NO ROOM FOR GIRLS. Fortunately Shu-li is found and taken to an orphanage. Meanwhile on the other side of the world a husband and wife in North America hope to adopt a baby from China.
language: English
title: Finding Joy
publisher: Boyds Mills Press