by Sally Grindley · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747571469
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«Spilled Water» is the young adult novel by Sally Grindley, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in paperback (224 pages, in English).
The story follows Lu Si-yan, an eleven-year-old girl in modern China who, after her father's death, is sold by her uncle to work as a servant. Far from her mother and brother, the protagonist narrates in the first person the almost two years she spends trying to return home and the harshness of her new life, marked by the idea that a daughter is like «spilled water».
The work won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 2004, in the 9 to 11 years category.
Aimed at a children's and young adult audience from 9 years old, with an eleven-year-old protagonist.
