Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act
NPR's Book of the Day
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Introduction
Jenny Ting-Hey's debut novel, Four Treasures of the Sky, takes place in the 1800s. It centers on a Chinese girl in America during a time when racism against Asians was rampant. Zhang talked about writing historical fiction when the history doesn't seem that long ago.
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