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Tiny baby Lingsi was sold to the Li
family only after Mrs Li promised the baby’s mother to
teach Lingsi to read upon her sixth birthday. Lingsi
served the Li family as she grew. On Lingsi’s sixth
birthday the promise had to be honored or the Li family
would suffer a curse from the broken promise. So it came
to be that Lingsi would be tutored alongside the Li’s son
FuDing. For six years Lingsi was tutored with the
treacherous and cruel FuDung. All studies ceased when the
Li family began to make preparations for their son’s
marriage. But who would marry FuDung? Why was Lingsi
really bought? Was her purpose really more than just a
servant? The answers to these questions and more can be
discovered in The Difficult Path by Grace Lin. This is
just one story in a collaboration of ten award winning
authors in a dynamic collection of short stories. Some
told in verse, some in diary form, all gripping from the
beginning. A brief bio is included on each of the
contributing writers: Kwame Alexander Kelly J. Bapstist
Susan Chainani Matt de la Pena Tim Federle Grace LinMeg
Medina Walter Dean Meyers Ellen Oh Tim Tingle Jacqueline
Woodson (New
Hampshire Great Stone Face Award nominee, 2018)
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