Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China by Peter Hessler
	List Price:   $15.95 Unit Price:   $12.76 You Save:   $3.19 (20%) ISBN-10:   0060826592 ISBN-13:   9780060826598 Publisher:   HarperCollins; Harper Perennial Series:   P. S. Ser. Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   May 2007 Pages:   491 Format:   Paperback
Awards
2005  Quill Awards  Winner!  2006  Original Voices Award  Nominee/Honoree  2007  Book Sense Book of the Year  Winner!  2007  Alex Awards  Winner!  2007  Great Lakes Book Awards  Winner!
Subjects
CHINA_CIVILIZATION CHINA_DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
Description/Notes
A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people. In a narrative that gracefully moves between the ancient and the present, the East and the West, Hessler captures the soul of a country that is undergoing a momentous change before our eyes. The acclaimed author of 'River Town' offers a rare portrait of 21st-century China. Hessler tells the story of this modern-day country and its growing links to the Western world as seen through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.