Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Summary
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

Everything you need to understand or teach Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis.

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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Summary

Although many things have changed on both the cultural and political fronts in China since this book was written, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze remains a good introduction to the ancient and venerable civilization of The Middle Kingdom." In her acceptance remarks for the 1933 Newbery Medal, Lewis said that she had "chronicled, rather than created" the lives of the characters in her novel. Good literature typically addresses questions of character and morality...

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