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All his life, Chang has not been able to speak. The only sounds he can make are the squawks and caws of the cormorants his father trains for fishing. Chang loves the birds, and is thrilled when he is finally old enough to help raise a cormorant chick. But this is more challenging than Chang expects, for in the process he must learn hard lessons about untrustworthy friends and what it really means to prove himself.

Elizabeth Starr Hill's poignant story, set on the Li River in southern China, is accompanied by the evocative illustrations of Taiwanese artist Lesley Liu.

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Elizabeth Starr Hill is the author of many books for young readers, including Evan's Corner, an ALA Notable Book. She lives in Winter Park, Florida. Lesley Liu lives in Taipei, Taiwan. Her artwork has received widespread acclaim, including first prize at the Premi International Catalonia d'Illustracio in Barcelona in 1992.
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Grade 2-6Chang lives on a houseboat on Chinas Li River with his parents and their cormorants, great black birds trained to dive and retrieve fish for their owners. Though he has been mute since birth, he can make sounds the birds understand. Through short chapters and simple sentences, the author traces the boys growth as he helps his father during a night catch, copes with a bully named Jinan, and makes friends with Jinans sister. When Changs father decides he is old enough to raise and train a cormorant chick, the boy is overjoyed. Jinan almost causes the precious chicks death, but Chang stands up to his tormentor and emerges all the stronger for the conflict. This story does not reach the same heights of immediacy and engagement that Ann Cameron gives to The Most Beautiful Place in the World (Knopf, 1988). The conflict seems a bit contrived and the concluding sentence is a clich, but librarians should overlook these minor flaws to acquire a rare item: a realistic story set in modern China thats accessible to readers as young as second grade, yet not too juvenile for older readers with less skill. The black-and-white illustrations offer a glimpse of the Li Rivers wondrous landscape while portraying a loving family and the hardworking birds who bring them fish.Margaret A. Chang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams
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