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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Publication date
September 8, 2015
Pages
173
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9781504022101
ISBN-10
1504022106
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.46 lbs.
Original list price
$11.99
Other format details
juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
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A spunky young girl forms an unlikely friendship with a dying Chinese man while living in a group home
For Greta, having light and carefree Hackey hanging around her mom is a lot more fun than having an ordinary dad. But Hackey isnât her fatherâheâs more like a pimp, and no matter how friendly he is, he still treats Gretaâs mom like dirt. When the situation at home goes from bad to worse, Greta is moved into a home for at-risk children where she meets some of the most interesting girls she has ever knownâand a shy young boy named Wing.
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Gretaâs riding a San Francisco cable car when she notices Wing carrying a huge basket of delicious-smelling food. Itâs for his grandfather, Old Man, who is dying in the Chinese hospital. Although they donât speak the same language, Greta and Old Man will become fast friendsâtwo survivors, who refuse to give up on life.
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For Greta, having light and carefree Hackey hanging around her mom is a lot more fun than having an ordinary dad. But Hackey isnât her fatherâheâs more like a pimp, and no matter how friendly he is, he still treats Gretaâs mom like dirt. When the situation at home goes from bad to worse, Greta is moved into a home for at-risk children where she meets some of the most interesting girls she has ever knownâand a shy young boy named Wing.
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Gretaâs riding a San Francisco cable car when she notices Wing carrying a huge basket of delicious-smelling food. Itâs for his grandfather, Old Man, who is dying in the Chinese hospital. Although they donât speak the same language, Greta and Old Man will become fast friendsâtwo survivors, who refuse to give up on life.
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Editions
Hardcover
from Houghton Mifflin (October 1, 1984)
9780395365632 | details & prices | List price $11.95
About: A sixteen-year-old living in a group home in San Francisco examines her relationship with the two most important men in her life, one, her mother's pimp, the other, an elderly Chinese gentleman lying ill in a hospital.
About: A sixteen-year-old living in a group home in San Francisco examines her relationship with the two most important men in her life, one, her mother's pimp, the other, an elderly Chinese gentleman lying ill in a hospital.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Open Road Media Teen & Tween (September 8, 2015)
9781504022101 | details & prices | 173 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.46 lbs | List price $11.99
About: A spunky young girl forms an unlikely friendship with a dying Chinese man while living in a group home For Greta, having light and carefree Hackey hanging around her mom is a lot more fun than having an ordinary dad.
About: A spunky young girl forms an unlikely friendship with a dying Chinese man while living in a group home For Greta, having light and carefree Hackey hanging around her mom is a lot more fun than having an ordinary dad.
Reprint edition from Fawcett Books (January 1, 1987)
9780449701522 | details & prices | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | List price $2.50
About: Hiding out from her mother's pimp, Hackey, in a shelter for teenage girls, sixteen-year-old Greta gains new understanding of herself and her mother through her friendship with a Chinese-American boy and his strict, aged grandfather
About: Hiding out from her mother's pimp, Hackey, in a shelter for teenage girls, sixteen-year-old Greta gains new understanding of herself and her mother through her friendship with a Chinese-American boy and his strict, aged grandfather
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