Lord, Bette.

The middle heart / Bette Bao Lord. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. - 370 p. ; 25 cm.

Wilson's Fiction School Library Journal Library Journal

Three Chinese youngsters, Steel Hope, his bookmate Mountain Pine, and Firecracker, a gravekeeper's daughter, vow to remain true to each other and their country, a promise that becomes impossible to keep as war, upheaval, and personal tragedies intrude.

Adult

0394534328 (hardcover)

95036165


Friendship--Fiction.--China
Friendship--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


China--History--Fiction.--20th century
China--History--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PS3562.O678 / M53 1996

813/.54