New York: Ballantine, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, inspired by a true story, about a boy "whose life is transformed at Seattles epic 1909 Worlds Fair [The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition]. For twelve-year-old Ernest Young, a charity student at a boarding school, the chance to go to the Worlds Fair feels like a gift. But only once hes there, does he discover that he is the one who is actually the prize. The half-Chinese orphan is astounded to learn he will be raffled off - a healthy boy 'to a good home. The winning ticket belongs to the flamboyant madam of a high-class brothel, famous for educating her girls. . . but there he finds the first real family he has ever known." SIGNED on a preliminary page. Author's historical note. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0804176750.