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Impatient with the constraints put on her as an aristocratic girl living in Korea during the seventeenth century, twelve-year-old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond her small world.

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Main Author:	Park, Linda Sue
Other Authors:	Tseng, Jean (Illustrator), Tseng, Mou-sien (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcout, 1999.
Subjects:	Sex role > Juvenile fiction. Families > Juvenile fiction. Family life > Juvenile fiction. Korea > Juvenile fiction. Historical fiction.
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Summary:	Impatient with the constraints put on her as an aristocratic girl living in Korea during the seventeenth century, twelve-year-old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond her small world.
Item Description:	"Sandpiper."
Physical Description:	90 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 90).
ISBN:	9780547248882 9780329802745 0547248881 0329802747
Author Notes:	Linda Sue Park was born in Urbana, Illinois on March 25, 1960. She received a B.A. in English from Stanford University. After graduating, she worked as a public-relations writer for a major oil company for two years. She obtained advanced degrees in literature from Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland and from the University of London. Before becoming a full-time author, she held numerous jobs including working for an advertising agency, teaching English as a second language to college students, and working as a food journalist. Her first book, Seesaw Girl, was published in 1999. Her other books include The Kite Fighters, Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems), and A Single Shard, which won the 2002 Newbery Medal. She also wrote Storm Warning, which is the ninth book in the 39 Clues series. Her title A Long Walk to Water made the New York Times bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography)