num_pages: 160
description: An Author's Note discusses the history of footbinding and other customs that women have endured throughout the world.
language: English
title: Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
titlecomplete: Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
genres: Historical, Asian Literature, Young Adult, School, Childrens, Teen, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Cultural, China
ratings_count: 3662
places: China
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: Puffin Bks