The Ballad of Yaya Book 9 : Sonata Paperback / softback

The conclusion to the nine-part adventure of little rich girl Yaya and herstreet urchin friend Tuduo as they cross war-torn Shanghai in the wake of theJapanese invasion of 1937 in hopes of finding Yaya’s parents. Thisnine-volume series chronicles their long journey fraught with perils.

Thechildren meet all sorts of people, both friendly and wicked, as they traveltoward Hong Kong.

Yaya and Tuduo learn many growing lessons along the way, notthe least of which is to judge a person on their character, not their social orfinancial status.

The gloom of war, its absurd tragedy, gives way to theincredible capacity of youth to overwhelm grim reality. Yaya is finallyback home in Shanghai, ending her great adventure where hope and disillusionmentintertwined.

But her homecoming is met with a very bad surprise -- the big housewhere she expected to find her family is deserted.

Only the loyal driver Changis there to greet her. Fortunately, Tuduo and his little brother arrive to cheerher up and give her hope. Because her parents may not be that far away... Butthe seemingly indestructible Zhu continues to lurk in the shadows...