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CHILD OF THE OWL.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1977.). SIGNED hardcover - His third novel (the second won a Newbery Honor Award): "A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother." In his afterword, Yep comments that this is set in the small, quieter Chinatown in which he grew up. Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, and dated in 1978. 217 pp. Cover art by Allen Say. ISBN: 0-06-0267437.
Condition: Very good in illustrated boards (one corner dog-eared, some wear to edges of boards)
Book ID: 85887More details Price: $21.50 -
AJEEMAH AND HIS SON.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (1994). In 1807, at the height of the slave trade, Ajeemah and his son, Atu, are kidnapped by slave traders and shipped to Jamaica, where they are separated and must build new lives. A moving story for older children by this award-winning Jamaican writer, this book received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award , was named a Notable Children's Book of 1993 and many other awards. 83 pp. ISBN: 0-064405230.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 71784More details Price: $11.50 -
CHILD OF THE OWL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His third novel (the second won a Newbery Honor Award): "A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother." In his afterword, Yep comments that this is set in the small, quieter Chinatown in which he grew up. Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. 217 pp. Dust jacket art by Allen Say. ISBN: 0-06-0267437.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some wear to the ends of the spine of the dj.)
Book ID: 56601More details Price: $35.00
