The China Coin
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Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from Think of an Eel, Karen Wallace, ill. Mike Bostock, published by Walker (0 7445 2250 1, £6.99) - see the article 'Facts... With the Freshness of Fiction' for more about this book and others in the 'Read and Wonder' series. We are grateful to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.
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The China Coin
The events of Tiananmen Square in 1989 are brought to life in a startlingly fresh and dramatic way which combines the excitement of plot and character with a sense of the deeper layers of story and history that lie embedded in China's current events. Leah, half-Chinese, visits China with her mother to try to reunite their half of an ancient coin with its partner left behind in their 'home' village. This physical joining is a very clever metaphor for a range of broken relationships and the continual effort to mend personal, cultural and political divisions. It's a wonderful book where the events in Peking are re-seen in a living context, to shock and horrify as well as deepen our understanding of particular history and the bonds which unite us all.
