An Ocean Apart, a World Away by Lensey Namioka

An Ocean Apart, a World Away

Lensey Namioka

208 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical young adult adventurous emotional informative medium-paced

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While most 16-year-old girls are planning their weddings, Xueyan, known as Yanyan, has no interest at all in marriage. She is fascinated by medicine. In China in 1921, women rarely attend university, let alone medical school. Still, Yanyan is dete...

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