The house of sixty fathers
Dejong, Meindert
The house of sixty fathers / Meindert Dejong ; pictures by Maurice Sendak - New York : HarperCollins Publishers , 1984, c1956 - 189 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.
China, during the Japanese occupation. Young Tien Pao is alone on his family's sampan when the boat breaks loose from its moorings and is caught by the rushing waters of the river. When the sampan finally lands, Tien Pao is in Japanese territory. With only his pig for company, he starts on the long and difficult journey back to Hengyang and his parents.
English.
Newbery Honor Book
9780060214814
Family life----Juvenile fiction
Japanese occupation---China----Juvenile Fiction
JUV FIC DEJ
The house of sixty fathers / Meindert Dejong ; pictures by Maurice Sendak - New York : HarperCollins Publishers , 1984, c1956 - 189 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.
China, during the Japanese occupation. Young Tien Pao is alone on his family's sampan when the boat breaks loose from its moorings and is caught by the rushing waters of the river. When the sampan finally lands, Tien Pao is in Japanese territory. With only his pig for company, he starts on the long and difficult journey back to Hengyang and his parents.
English.
Newbery Honor Book
9780060214814
Family life----Juvenile fiction
Japanese occupation---China----Juvenile Fiction
JUV FIC DEJ