The Ballad of Yaya Book 1: Fugue

by Charlotte Girard and Jean-Marie Omont

Book Overview

Shanghai, November 1937. Yaya, the eight-year-old daughter of a diamond merchant, lives a life of luxury in the French Concession in Shanghai. Her one great passion is the piano. While she is preparing for an important audition, her father decides that the family must leave town in the face of the imminent Japanese invasion. The evening before all the family is to leave, stubborn Yaya, unaware of the danger, runs away in an attempt to make it to her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942367643
• ISBN13: 9781942367642
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Magnetic Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 5.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7