Jing-Jing

<p>This is the story of Sophia Pirrone a fourteen-year-old girl who was among the first American teenagers to live in China for a year (1982) after the U.S. normalized relations with the People's Republic of China.</p><p>Called Jing-Jing by her Chinese schoolmates she attends middle school where she makes friends and learns Chinese. She lives in a local residence with her father an American professor teaching at a famous university and other foreign experts from around the world.</p><p>Jing-Jing experiences customs and relishes delicious foods wherever she goes in China. She views gorgeous scenery--climbs mountains boats through gorges and rafts on rivers. She visits temples and communes and the cities of Beijing Hangzhou and Nanjing and other places for a unique cross-cultural experience. Jing-Jing gains new insights into an ancient culture while she experiences once in a lifetime adventures.</p>