Child of the Owl
Child of the Owl is a book written by Laurence Yep. The book was published in 1990 and is listed under the Juvenile Fiction category. For readers who want to quickly understand what this title offers, this page gives a clear overview of the book, including its description, author information, page count, ratings, and ISBN details.
The full title of the book is Child of the Owl. When available, the subtitle is Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1965, which gives extra context about the theme, focus, or main idea behind the book. According to the available description, Twelve-year-old Casey is waiting for the day that Barney, her father, hits it big — ’cause when that horse comes in, he tells her, it’s the penthouse suite. But then hr ends up in the hospital, and Casey is sent to Chinatown to live with her grandmother, Paw-Paw. Now the waiting seems longer than ever. Casey feels lost in Chinatown. She’s not prepared for the Chinese school, the noisy crowds, missing her father. But Paw-Paw tells her about the mother Casey never knew, and about her family’s owl charm and her true Chinese name. And Casey at last begins to understand that this — Paw-Paw’s Chinatown home, her parents’ home — is her home,too.
This book has 288 pages, making it useful for readers who want to know the approximate length before starting. It has an average rating of 3.6, based on 423 ratings, which can help readers understand how other people have responded to it.
For cataloging and reference purposes, the ISBN-13 is 9780064403368, while the ISBN-10 is 006440336X. These numbers are helpful when searching for the exact edition of the book online, in libraries, or in bookstores.
The book cover image can be viewed here: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=IvP2bGRcViQC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api.
Overall, Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep is a title that may interest readers looking for books in Juvenile Fiction. Whether you are researching new books, comparing editions, or building a reading list, this page gives you the most important details in one place.
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