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by Ha Jin
About 49 pages (14,638 words)
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In the Kindergarten Study Guide consists of approx. 49 pages of summaries and analysis on In the Kindergarten by Ha Jin. Browse the literature study guide below:

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  Author Biography

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This well-known short story is set in a rural school in Communist China, where the children live for the term. Our attention is focused on the class of five and six-year-olds beginning the second week of school. Shaona, the young protagonist of the story, is homesick. Her mother gave birth to a baby boy shortly before Shaona was sent to school and she is confused by the sequence of events. (read more)
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