Blue Ticket is electrifying in its raw evocation and desire and riveting in its undeniable familiarity
"Al is the perfect novel for a young guy or moll who digs books by Gordon Korman
Now that she's in seventh grade
making it a perfect board book for sharing with preschoolers at storytime
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The Laundryman’s Boy Teens Blue Ticket is electrifying inFall 1913, St. Catharines, Ontario. Thirteen year old Hoi Wing Woo, the son of a scholar, is forced to give up his dreams of an education when he is sent to work in a Chinese laundry in Canada. Hoi Wing is immediately thrust into relentless, mind numbing toil, washing clothes by hand for sixteen hours a day, six days a week. Isolated and friendless, he falls into despair. When he meets Heather, an Irish scullery maid who shares his love of books, Hoi