Spilled water
By: Sally Grindley
Series: Black's class readers
Publisher: A. & C. Black
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780713678857
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Social conditions
Description: When her father dies, Lu Si-yan, just eleven, is sold into domestic service by her uncle. Nearly two years will pass before she can get back home to her mother and brother. In this novel, the author portrays the life of a young girl in modern-day China, a young girl whose life is said to be like 'spilled water'. Ages 12+.
Notes: Originally published: London: Bloomsbury, 2004.