An ocean apart, a world away

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An ocean apart, a world away

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Despite the odds facing her decision to become a doctor in 1920's Nanking, China, teenaged Yanyan leaves her family to study at Cornell University where, along with hard work, she finds prejudice and loneliness as well as friendship and a new sense of accomplishment.

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Lensey Namioka

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History Fiction Interpersonal relations Prejudices JUVENILE FICTION Chinese Cornell University Achinese

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