China Girl

by David Belbin, Julia Page (Illustrator)

When Ling, a young Chinese girl, comes to work for Ryan's family, he begins a relationship with her. But when she suddenly disappears, his eyes are opened to the murky world of human trafficking, and he realises where his family's money really comes from.

53 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2009

About the author

Belbin's work is known for breaking boundaries and dealing responsibly with difficult social issues that affect teenagers. He first attained success with a number of books for Scholastic's Point Crime series.

Reviews

[David Belbin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read, Ryan was a perv, shit ending

[Jonathan Afeaki · Rating 3 out of 5]

China Girl
David Belbin

1. I read this book because it looks interesting and it's a kind of book I haven't read before.

2. The setting/character I found interesting is Ryan because how he falls in movie with her. E.g he said she was very good looking when he saw her cleaning one of the rooms. Also the setting was quite interesting because it occurred in an unusual place.

I would describe this person has a guy who catches feelings for his crush easily and obsessed because in the beginning he questions his mum a lot about Ling. I would describe the setting very rare.

A quotation that helps to show is "you can trust me".

This quotation made me think that Ryan was going too fast with her as in like getting to know her , because it seemed like he was getting to know her too fast but I reckon he should've took his time so she doesn't think he is a creep etc.

Another quotation that highlights this person is when Ryan keeps asking questions to Ling and she seems like she's not interested in talking to him.

This quotation made me think that Ryan was too in love with Ling because in the beginning he questions his mum a lot and keep talking about her.

3. Quotation 1: "a girl I like. Look"
This is memorable to me because he was trying to show the man the room he came out of and describing her what she looks like and the way he was describing it was really surprising because it was like he was expressing his feelings.

Quotation 2: "You can trust me"
This is memorable because he was begging Ling to have a good conversation because Ling wasn't interested in it and they were trying to tell each other's secret and he wanted to know hers.

4. I would ask the author how long did it take to make this story because the story it's nice and short and it describes it about the love relationships and feelings.

5.the moment I would change is when

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars
This was pretty poor.
* Ryan comes home from school one day to find a Chinese girl cleaning his house. He asks her name but she tells him she's not allowed to talk.
* He then follows her home to find out where she lives 😮
* Every time she comes to clean he talks to her, and she starts to talk to him. He calls her Ling
* One day someone else is cleaning, and he wonders where Ling is.
* He steals £300 from his dad and goes looking for her only to find she's now working as a sex worker, and no-one will tell him where she is.
* He then ends up working for his father, driving these girls around town 🤦‍♀️

This kid stalks this poor girl, talks to her when she says not to, steals, and then ends up working for his dad who he hates anyway. I just don't see the point to this story.

[fabiha🌷 · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book actually has to be satire cuz this book isn’t real i refuse to believe