Book
The Vine Basket
- Published
- 2013
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Pages
- 256
- Words
- 49173
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15814464-the-vine-basket?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=w8RaTPBsh3&rank=1
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.0
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 740L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
Things aren’t looking good for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul. She yearns to be in school, but she’s needed on the family farm. The longer she’s out of school, the more likely it is that she’ll be sent off to a Chinese factory . . . perhaps never to return. Her only hope is an American woman who buys one of her decorative vine baskets for a staggering sum and says she will return in three weeks for more. Mehrigul must brave terrible storms, torn-up hands from working the fields, and her father’s scorn to get the baskets done. The stakes are high, and time is passing. A powerful intergenerational story of a strong, creative young artist in a cruelly oppressive society.
Collections
The Good & The Beautiful · 8
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781299902244
- ISBN-10
- 1299902243
Tags
ChinaEducationFamily LifeMiddle GradeSchoolThe Good & The BeautifulWork