Isolated in his house in his new country after his family emigrates from China to America, seven-year-old Kai-ming Wong discovers a blond-haired ghost of a boy in his attic who fulfills his need for friendship.

Product Description: "The Yellow Pear" is a brave and moving document, using words and art, of what it means to be Canadian. Co-published with the Burnaby Art Gallery, this is a collection of deeply moving narratives (in both English and Mandarin) and illustrations about the artist's transition to a new life in a new land; his life in Canada resonates with the memories of his past in China, which he fled following the 1989 massacre...read more