Ching Yeung Russell Books
A day on a shrimp boat
A true-to-life account of a typical day in the life of a shrimp boat crew working off the South Carolina coast.
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Water ghost
In China in the 1940s, ten-year-old Ying sells her handmade bamboo chicken fences to make money to attend a school camping trip, but no one understands why she instead uses her earnings to buy a de...
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Moon Festival
This story of children celebrating the traditional autumn Moon Festival is based on the author's memories of her childhood in China.
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Lichee tree
In the late 1940's in southeastern China, ten-year-old Ying can't wait for her lichee tree to bloom so she can sell the fruit for money to help her family.
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Child bride
In the 1940's in southeastern China, eleven-year-old Ying will do whatever it takes to avoid the marriage arranged for her by a grandmother she barely knows because it would take her away from the...
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