Boat Girl and the Magic Fish, The

Barrett, Dean

ISBN 10: 0966189957 / ISBN 13: 9780966189957

Published by Village East Books, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Boat Girl and the Magic Fish, The
• Publisher: Village East Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0966189957
• ISBN 13: 9780966189957
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Mok, Tomaz
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Eight-year-old Lai Kum-choi has lived on board her father’s fishing boat all her young life and enjoys sailing the South China Sea. But Hong Kong is changing and the traditions of the fisherfolk are slowly disappearing. One day her father tells her she must leave the family’s butterfly-wing junk and go to school on land.

When her tears of sadness fall into the water, the Magic Fish reappears and assures her it is all for the best. But the boys and girls living on the land make fun of the little boat girl because she is so different from them. But when a fierce storm arrives and threatens to drown several of her schoolmates, it is the boat girl and the magic fish who save them. This is a story of a way of life of the South China Sea. Yet its application is universal, as children learn not to ridicule someone simply because he or she is different.

About the Author

Biographical Note
Dean Barrett has been living in Asia for over three decades.  While living in New York, Dean was a member of Dramatists Guild, a board member of Mystery Writers of America and a librettist/lyricist with BMI.  He lived in Hong Kong for 17 years where he was managing director of Hong Kong Publishing Company, Ltd.  He has written several books on China and Thailand.  His musical, Fragrant Harbour, set in 1857 Hong Kong, was selected by the National Alliance for Musical Theater to be shown to producers and directors on 42nd Street, NYC. His play, Bones of the Chinamen, set in Swatow (Shantou) in 1862, won the South Asian prize of the BBC International Playwriting Competition, coming in among the top 8 selected out of 1200 entries.  His one-act plays have been staged in ten countries.  Dean now lives in Thailand.
China-related material by Dean Barrett:
 
Don Quixote in China: The Search for Peach Blossom Spring
Dragon Slayer
Hangman's Point
Thieves Hamlet
The Boat Girl & the Magic Fish
Fragrant Harbour
Bones of the Chinamen
Aberdeen: Catching the Last Rays
 A Love Story: The China Memoirs of Thomas Rowley