Pearl Buck: Jewel of the East
Subtitle: The Treasure Chest #3
By: by Ann Hood
Series: Treasure chest -- 3
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780448454696; 9780448454733
Subjects: Brothers and sisters; Mansions; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship; Space and time; Fiction; Twins; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General; History
Description: "When Felix gets a crush on his friend Lily, who was adopted from China as a baby, he decides to try to take her back in time to learn more about China. After being caught by Maisie, the twins find themselves transported to a small village on the Yangtze River, leaving Lily behind in the present. In China, the twins meet Pearl Buck in the days just before the Boxer Rebellion. With bandits chasing them, they flee to safety in Shanghai. The twins return home to find their father and their Great Uncle Thorne at home and the Pickworth Family mystery deepens"--