The Key Collection - Hardcover

Cheng, Andrea

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805071539 ISBN 13: 9780805071535

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 2003

Synopsis

An intergenerational and cross-cultural story of love and friendship. The lines around Ni Ni s eyes were deeper than before. Her hair was thin and grey. I wanted to tell her that she didn t have to move. She didn t have to move at all. Nobody would make her. We could explain to Auntie Helen that she was not ready. Not yet. Not for a long while. Xiao Jimmy s Grandma Ni Ni is his favorite person in all the world. Ni Ni cooks delicious jiao zi, teaches Jimmy Chinese characters, and always has wonderful stories and fascinating objects like the key collection to share with him. So when Jimmy learns that Ni Ni must move far away to California, he feels he s losing his best friend. In time, however, Jimmy discovers there are ways to bridge distance, and to make new friends in the process. This warm and reassuring novel explores a special relationship that crosses cultures and generations, and holds strong when tested.

About this title

About the Author

Andrea Cheng is the author of the picture book Grandfather Counts, and the middle-grade novel Marika. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her family.

Yangsook Choi is the illustrator of Rice Is Life and Nim and the War Effort, as well as New Cat. Born and raised in Korea, she now lives in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805071539
• ISBN 13: 9780805071535
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Choi Yangsook
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 117