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Homesick: My Own Story
By Jean Fritz and Margot Tomes (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Puffin
Publication date March 1, 2007
Pages 161
Binding Paperback
Edition Reissue
Book category Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13 9780142407615
ISBN-10 0142407615
Dimensions 0.75 by 5 by 6.75 in.
Weight 0.30 lbs.
Original list price $6.99
Other format details juvenile
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A twenty-fifth anniversary release provides the author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her childhood in China in the 1920s. A Newbery Honor Book. Reissue.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jean Fritz’s award-winning account of her life in China, and to honor this story, it is only fitting that it be added to our prestigious line of Puffin Modern Classics. This fictionalized autobiography tells the heartwarming story of a little girl growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying their childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. Jean Fritz tells her captivating story of the difficulties of living in a unfamiliar country at such a difficult time.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780399209338 Book cover for 9780786236039
 
With Margot Tomes (other contributor) | Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (November 1, 2001)
9780786236039 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.80 lbs | List price $22.95
About: The author's fictionalized version, though all the events are true, of her childhood in China in the 1920's.
With Margot Tomes (other contributor) | from Putnam Pub Group (December 1, 1982)
9780399209338 | details & prices | 163 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.65 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.75 lbs | List price $17.99
About: The acclaimed author provides a lively and perceptive account of growing up in China
Paperback
Book cover for 9780142407615 Book cover for 9780440436836 Book cover for 9780698117822
 
The price comparison is for this edition
With Margot Tomes (other contributor) | Reissue edition from Puffin (March 1, 2007)
9780142407615 | details & prices | 161 pages | 5.00 × 6.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.30 lbs | List price $6.99
About: The children's author provides a fictionalized, but historically accurate, account of her childhood in 1920s China.
With Margot Tomes (other contributor) | Reprint edition from Puffin (July 1, 1999)
9780698117822 | details & prices | 163 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.40 lbs | List price $6.99
About: The author provides a fictionalized account of growing up in China in the 1920s
Reissue edition from Dell Pub Co (May 1, 1985)
9780440436836 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.25 lbs | List price $4.99
About: The acclaimed author provides a lively and perceptive account of growing up in China
Reinforced
Book cover for 9780606031684 Book cover for 9780606167994
 
from Demco Media (June 1, 1999)
9780606167994 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.53
About: The author provides a fictionalized account of growing up in China in the 1920s
from Demco Media (May 1, 1985)
9780606031684 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.45 lbs | List price $11.10
About: The acclaimed author provides a lively and perceptive account of growing up in China
Prebinding
Book cover for 9780881035568
 
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780881035568 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: The author provides a fictionalized account of growing up in China in the 1920s

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