01928cam a2200361 i 4500 325849838 TxAuBib 20170922120000.0 111018s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011025960 9781606412480 hardbound : alk. paper 1606412485 hardbound : alk. paper TxAuBib rda Sears, Gale. Letters in the jade dragon box [BOOK] : a historical novel / Gale Sears. Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Book, [2011] ©2011. viii, 296 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Maps on end-papers. Includes bibliographical references. Teenage Wen-shan was taken from her family home in mainland China during the Cultural Revolution to live with her great-uncle, a former general in the Chinese army who became one of the first converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hong Kong. For ten years, Wen-shan has carried the sorrow of abandonment in her heart, with few memories of her life before. But at the death of Chairman Mao, Wen-shan receives a mysterious wooden box that reveals the fate of the family she has not heard from in more than a decade. Through the letters in the jade dragon box, Wen-shan and her great-uncle discover a bond between each other, their family, and the gospel of Jesus Christ. 20170922. Ame & Stacks copies include dust jackets. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Fiction. Mormons China Hong Kong Fiction. Families Fiction. Hong Kong (China) fiction. Christian Fiction, American. Domestic fiction, American. .