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  • Location: China, Hunan Province

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

1800s: A beautiful story about female friendship and a very special secret language.

  • Location: China

Brush of the Gods

689-758: A picture book about the T’ang Dynasty artist Wu Daozi and the power of art

  • Location: Beijing (Peking)

The Eye of Jade

2000s: A detective story about a strong-willed Chinese woman working as a private investigator

  • Location: China, Hong Kong, Plymouth

Able Seacat Simon: The Wartime Hero of the High Seas

1948 – True story of a cat found and smuggled on board HMS Amethyst, all through the eyes of the very cat himself.

  • Location: Hong Kong

White Ghost Girls

Late 1960s: A beautifully evocative picture of Hong Kong during the time of the Vietnam war.

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White City

1952: An elaborate midnight heist, the biggest robbery in British history.

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