Girls on the Line

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A powerful, dual-narrative coming-of-age story set in 2009 China. Luli has just turned sixteen and finally aged out of the orphanage where she's spent the last eight years. Her friend Yun has promised to help her get work. Yun loves the independence that her factory job brings her. For the first time in her life she has her own money and can get the things she wants: nice clothes, a cell phoneàand Yong, her new boyfriend. There are rumours about Yong, though. Some people say he's a bride trafficker: romancing young women only to kidnap them and sell them off to bachelors in the countryside. Yun doesn't believe it. But then she discovers she's pregnant-the same day she gets fired from her job. If she can't scrape together enough money to terminate the pregnancy, she'll face a huge fine for having an unauthorized child. Luli wants to help her friend, but she's worried about what Yong might doàespecially when Yun disappears.

ISBN Number
9781728445977
Trim Size
5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
Binding Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
232
Author
Jennie Liu
Publisher
LernerClassroom (Carolrhoda Lab®)
Copyright Date
2018
Dewey Number
FIC
Reading Level
6