Chu+Ju's+House

Chu Ju is a girl that lives in China with her Ma Ma, Ba Ba, and her Nai Nai. In China they are only allowed two children and most families would get rid of girls if they don't have a boy in the family yet. Ma Ma gave birth to a baby girl named Hua and in a few days after she was born they were already thinking about getting rid of her. Chu Ju loved Hua so much she decided to run away so her family could try to have a boy. When she ran away, she had no where to go and no money to spend. Chu Ju ran into a family that let her stay with them for work. The Wu's were very nice, but she had to find a real job so she went to go work at the silk worm factory where a lot of the orphans worked. Chu Ju was very grateful that she got the job but soon got kicked out because they found out that she could read and write. Chu Ju wondered around the village until she saw a lady and her son working in the field, Han Na and Quan. Han Na and Quan let her stay with them if she worked for them. Chu Ju loved the family, and they became her family and soon forgot about her old one. One day they find out that Quan had left to go live in Shanghai, and Han Na was devastated. Quan keeps sending Han Na money. Then one day they get a letter and it was only for Chu Ju. Quan says in the letter to take all the money he sent, and come to Shanghai because we is in jail. She travels to Shanghai. She frees him but he still wanted to stay in Shanghai. Chu Ju comes back. Han Na finds out that she stole all the money, and Chu Ju just had to tell what happened (Quan said she couldn't). Han Na worried day and night about Quan, and as she got older she soon died. Han Na turned out to be a mother for Chu Ju, and Han Na left the land she owned to her. The last will from Han Na was that Chu Ju had to promise to go back and see her family again, so she did. When Chu Ju arrives she finds a baby in Ma Ma hands, it was another girl. Chu Ju tells her family about what she has been doing. Her family wants her to stay, but she says she must go back to plant the crops. So she goes back to the village.

I learned a lot about the Chinese culture in this book. It talks a lot about all the different rules they have and the government. The people in this book and many other people don't like the Chinese government at all. The government makes way too many rules on how they should live and that is why I would hate to live in China. The people in this book live in a tiny village and use old fashion techniques and follow all the traditions of their ancestors. ~Deidra Hope I learned that some rules from the government people don't like. It was not fair that they only could have two children, but that is the way it was. When she had to work with the silk worms they would feed the worms so they would get big. Then the worms would make a cocoon and they would take that silk from the cocoon. Melissa

I don't know if I would recommend this book to anyone because I didn't really like it. The only reason I would recommend it is because it is a short, fast, and easy read. I liked that because even if you don't read very much at a time a lot happens in a short section of the book. ~Deidra Hope I liked this book. It was not hard to read at all. I would recommend this book because there is action. Melissa