The Green Plantation of My Younger Brother (Masterpieces of Chinese Children's Literature: Chinese/English edition) (English and Chinese Edition) by Qin Wenjun

My younger brother was the youngest of all the children in the family and the only boy, on whom the whole family had pinned great hopes. But he turned out to be one with whimsical interests and later even played truant. When Grandfather came from the countryside to see him, he resolved to go to the countryside for a living with him. The family all thought he would change his mind after experiencing some hardship, but on the contrary, he left like a bird freed from the cage without tidings sent back...

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