A love story

Author: White
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Twelve-year-old Jisi is cheerful, does well in her studies, plays the piano well, loves to tell jokes, hates taking care of her golden hair. If her biological father hadn't taken his own life when she was five, Jisi would be the happiest girl in the world. Wu Luo is Jisi's cousin. He wears glasses, has a squint, loves reading comics, making friends, and standing up for others. He's also an excellent storyteller. But one morning, his mother suddenly disappeared. Since the day they lived with their grandmother, Jisi and Wu Luo's lives have changed completely. Faced with these problems that even adults find troublesome, how did they cope? In the process of searching for the truth, Jisi finally gained the courage to face the fact that her father took his own life, ending her nightmare. Meanwhile, Wu Luo became the "school celebrity" because of his resilience and open-mindedness. This book won the 1997 Newbery Honor for Children's Literature.