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  • The Princeling

    by Ed Zhao ...
    When twelve-year-old George meets silver-spooned Isabel at his grandfather’s annual cricket match, he knows she is going to be his world. He does not know, however, that a decade on, he will realise that he does not belong to that world…Inspired by a little statue from his grandfather’s travels, George heads to China, to break free from Isabel and find his own way in the world, a more purposeful ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • The Princeling

    by Ed Zhao ...
    When twelve-year-old George meets silver-spooned Isabel at his grandfather’s annual cricket match, he knows she is going to be his world. He does not know, however, that a decade on, he will realise that he does not belong to that world…Inspired by a little statue from his grandfather’s travels, George heads to China, to break free from Isabel and find his own way in the world, a more purposeful ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

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