Jade Dragon Box by Gale Sears
Chen Wen-shan has been living with her great-uncle in Hong Kong for as long as she can remember. Her uncle, a former general in the Nationalist Chinese Army, does not like to talk about the past or his conversion to the LDS church, which leaves many questions for Chen Wen-shan about her mother and the abandonment she feels.
Chairman Mao Tse-rung is the Chinese leader that brought communism to China, along with suffering, poverty and the demoralization of a culture. Shortly after his death in 1976, fifteen year old Wen-shan receives a mysterious jade dragon box that will forever change her world and answer questions she has never had the courage to ask.
Jade Dragon Box is an interesting story that sheds light on a dark time in Chinese history and of the communist rule of Chairman Mao and the devastating affect it had on this country.
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