num_pages: 240
description: One girl too many . . .When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. To make room for one, this girl will have to go.Fourteen-year-old Chu Ju knows she cannot allow this to happen to her sister. Understanding that one girl must leave, she sets out in the middle of the night, vowing not to return.With luminescent detail, National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan transports readers to China, where law conspires with tradition, tearing a young woman from her family, sending her on a remarkable journey to find a home of her own.
language: English
title: Chu Ju's House
titlecomplete: Chu Ju's House
genres: Middle Grade, Asia, Historical Fiction, Historical, Childrens, School, Juvenile, Young Adult, China, Fiction
ratings_count: 1512
places: China
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: HarperCollins