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A review by bookslesstravelled
The Paper Daughters of Chinatown: Adapted for Young Readers from the Best-Selling Novel by Heather B. Moore, Allison Hong Merrill
4.0
*I was sent a copy of this book from the author. This does not affect my review. This review is voluntary.*
My teenage sister also read this one, and she loved it too, so well done! I've taught her to be a 'picky' reader, and to truly think about what she reads, and what she likes/dislikes about something. So she only reads books she truly enjoys, and she devoured this one!
I actually didn't get to read it until after she finished, and when I asked her she said she enjoyed it and thought I would too. As usual, she was right!
I had a vague idea of what to expect with this one. I knew some of my other reader friends also recently read and enjoyed it, so I was excited to read it as well. That said, I had no idea how much I would actually come to enjoy this story! Not only Tien Fu's story, but that of Dolly and many of the other girls who Tien Fu comes in contact with were so captivating! I loved reading about the hope they found after such a dark season in many of their lives, and about the positive relationships the girls were able to form after such struggles. It isn't easy, and it doesn't get easier even in today's culture, but there is hope, and there are people who care. But more than that, there's a loving God who cares, and who promises Justice and Mercy will prevail. Those how hope in HIM will be met with love and mercy, while the wicked and abuses will only see justice met out for the crimes committed against the innocent.
Tien Fu and Dolly's story is a reminder that people are resilient and that with time and love they can be restored. I enjoyed seeing this powerful reminder, and loved that is now also written in a way that younger readers can also learn from their stories without being exposed to many of the horrors and sins that the world tries so hard to expose them too earlier and earlier in today's world. This would be a great story for parents to discuss with their children and to teach them the value of caring for others and about standing up for what's right, without going into to too much detail too young or too soon. As children become teens and mature then this would also be a good place to start, then with parent's help allow them to research history and the people talked about in this story and other similar heroes who tried to save these poor girls, or those brave men and women in the Underground Railroad or the Holocaust and similar instances where people stood up for those who didn't have a voice.
My teenage sister also read this one, and she loved it too, so well done! I've taught her to be a 'picky' reader, and to truly think about what she reads, and what she likes/dislikes about something. So she only reads books she truly enjoys, and she devoured this one!
I actually didn't get to read it until after she finished, and when I asked her she said she enjoyed it and thought I would too. As usual, she was right!
I had a vague idea of what to expect with this one. I knew some of my other reader friends also recently read and enjoyed it, so I was excited to read it as well. That said, I had no idea how much I would actually come to enjoy this story! Not only Tien Fu's story, but that of Dolly and many of the other girls who Tien Fu comes in contact with were so captivating! I loved reading about the hope they found after such a dark season in many of their lives, and about the positive relationships the girls were able to form after such struggles. It isn't easy, and it doesn't get easier even in today's culture, but there is hope, and there are people who care. But more than that, there's a loving God who cares, and who promises Justice and Mercy will prevail. Those how hope in HIM will be met with love and mercy, while the wicked and abuses will only see justice met out for the crimes committed against the innocent.
Tien Fu and Dolly's story is a reminder that people are resilient and that with time and love they can be restored. I enjoyed seeing this powerful reminder, and loved that is now also written in a way that younger readers can also learn from their stories without being exposed to many of the horrors and sins that the world tries so hard to expose them too earlier and earlier in today's world. This would be a great story for parents to discuss with their children and to teach them the value of caring for others and about standing up for what's right, without going into to too much detail too young or too soon. As children become teens and mature then this would also be a good place to start, then with parent's help allow them to research history and the people talked about in this story and other similar heroes who tried to save these poor girls, or those brave men and women in the Underground Railroad or the Holocaust and similar instances where people stood up for those who didn't have a voice.