What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Rice without Rain
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SOLVED. YA China around Tienanmen Square [s]
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No, it's not that book. Both of the main characters were Chinese. As far as I can remember, all the characters were.
That one looks to be too new. Amazon says it was published in 2011.I also seem to remember the narrator - the girl - wasn't at Tiananmen but heard about it on the radio.
Both of the main characters were Chinese. Oops, I apologize. You stated that in the OP (I shouldn't read before coffee).
Do you remember if the book was originally written in Chinese and then translated? Was the author Chinese, Chinese-American, or another nationality/race?
Unfortunately, I don't.
Hmmm... this one has been tough. I can't seem to find any additional YA books. Here's a couple more guesses.Gate of Rage http://books.google.com/books/about/G...
This one is a stretch
Summer of Betrayal: A Novel
Do you remember any other parts in the book? Did the book focus on the girl and boy equally? Or, was the narrative more about the girl?
It wasn't either of those two books.The narrative was definitely more following the girl. I distinctly remember the boy went away and the Tienanmen Square massacre happened. She heard about it and thought he had been killed but found him alive later.
I really think this was two books for some reason.
Definitely not it. It's too recent, and the books I'm looking for follow the girl's story.
No, those weren't it. The main character was definitely not raped, like in Waiting for Li Ming. And wasn't a translator like in Lili.The Tiananmen protest was not the main focal point of the story, but rather the relationship between the girl and the student.
The China Coin by Allan Baillie? (I haven't read it so don't know if that's what you're after, but it's the only young adult fiction I know of on that topic off the top of my head.)Alternatively you can search worldcat.org advanced search on Tiananmen Square, juvenile fiction book English, limited also by a year range.
No, that wasn't it.I've been combing through Worldcat and the Library of Congress records but nothing is ringing a bell.
I'm glad you're still looking. Here's your 'bump' for this winter; hope to see you bump again this spring.
Hope we can find the book; it sounds really interesting. Debbie, do you think maybe it was a memoir. Or, was it definitely fiction?
Definitely fiction. It was in my old hometown library's YA fiction section.
Glad you're still bumping this, Debbie.Do you remember the cover of the book(s)?
I think it was tan but I'm not 100% positive about that.
Rice without Rain
by Minfong Ho seems to fit. The only exception is that this story takes place in Thailand. Everything else seems to fit. There is a lengthy review by one of the readers on Goodreads.
Also, I skimmed the book on Openlibrary.
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27389...
There is a scene where the girl is worried that the boy was hurt during the massacre. Thammasat University massacre occurred in October of 1976 in Thailand.
She later finds him hiding among the bushes.
I think that may be it! I'm going to try finding a copy and see.
I just skimmed through the Open Library copy and this is definitely it. Thank you so much!
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What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
Rice without Rain (other topics)The China Coin (other topics)
Lili: A Novel of Tiananmen (other topics)
Waiting for Li Ming (other topics)
Love and Power (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Minfong Ho (other topics)Yu San Wang (other topics)
A young woman who lives in the country befriends a guy who is a a student and political activist, who is renting a room from her family. He lends her books to read. They fall in love but I think her father doesn't approve. The student goes to participate in Tienanmen Square. She later finds him again but he's hiding out as farm hand. They sleep together.
I can't remember what precisely happens after that.
I read this in the mid-to-late 1990s.