A novel narrated by a nameless nine-year-old who sees herself as the outsider in her own family. The physical setting is a remote corner of New Brunswick while the emotional setting is the strife and struggle of poverty--in all its guises, a place laid open by a child's clear and unjudgmental account of one year's tribulation inside its farmhouses, graveyards, churches, its one-room school and its charity old folks' home.
Presents the life of a twelve-year-old girl in Lima, Peru, describing her home and school activities and discussing the history, geography, ethnic composition, culture, and other aspects of her country.
Text and photographs present the home, work, school, recreation, and day-to-day activities of the Chen family who lives in a city in the Guangdong province of China.