Beautiful Country

by J.R. Thornton

Book Overview

"This unsettling book about the moral encounter between America and China is a study of privilege, innocence, and risk. It is a tragedy of manners and a portrait of Beijing -- amplified and torqued and unmistakable."-- Evan Osnos, autor of Age of Ambition, winner of the National Book Award

A coming-of-age story set in modern day China centering on the friendship between an American and a Chinese boy who meet while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062411918
• ISBN13: 9780062411914
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12