Six Words, Many Turtles and Three Days in Hong Kong

by Patricia McMahon

Doing homework is not the way eight-year-old Tsz Yan wants to spend her weekend, but she must learn six new English words. Tsz Yan is a Chinese child living in Hong Kong, where she shares an apartment... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395686210
• ISBN13: 9780395686218
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

A treasure for anyone who has adopted from PRC or Hong Kong

In my quest to finding books on China for my daughter.... I came across this book. It's about a young girls family in Hong Kong right before the historic change from the British to becoming part of The Peoples' Republic of China. Tsz Yan and other families who live in Hong Kong wonder what changes will happen and how their life will change when this happens. The book is also interesting because it shows a difference perspective of how others go to school and how other families lives. Tsz Yan's father works in China and leaves on Sunday night to travel to China and stays there until Friday evening, so during the week it is just Tsz Yan and her mom. The photos are absolutely beautiful capturing everyday life in the eyes of a young girl. There is a translation page for 13 words used in this book! I wish they would do a follow up story on what did change and what stayed the same for this family! A definate book for any child who's been adopted in Hong Kong or China!

Interesting and fun to read!

I read this book with my 8 year old son, we both really enjoyed it. Well written and cleverly entwining Tze Yan's homework into the story, this book offers a view into the weekend of a girl my son's age living in Hong Kong. It is full of interesting facts and ideas...things an 8 year old would think of, as well as fun pictures that capture lots of details.