Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood

by James McMullan

A memoir in paintings and words by internationally acclaimed illustrator, author, and teacher James McMullan.

A Booklist Top 10 Biography for Youth

"It is this dreamlike quality of my memories that I wanted to capture in some way in the paintings that accompany the text--to suggest in the images that the events occurred a long time ago in a simpler yet more exotic world, and that the players in that world,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616202556
• ISBN13: 9781616202552
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary