1. Begin with one hungry ghost.
2. Add a plump, delicious-looking boy.
3. Mix them with an outrageous recipe.
You’ll end up with an exciting story about a ghost who can’t wait to sink his teeth into his next meal and a boy who will need to think fast if he doesn’t want to get turned into dumplings!
Title: Boy Dumplings
Author: Ying Chang Compestine
Call Number: JP 398.2 COM
Type:Ghosts, Cookery, Fiction
ISBN: 9780823419555
Librarian’s Review
This fascinating modern Chinese folktale is written by the renowned author, Ying Chang Compestine, known for her ghost stories with culinary themes. A young plump boy is about to become dinner (boy dumplings) for a very hungry ghost, How will he outwit the ravenous ghost and save himself from the steamer? This exciting and witty Chinese folktale will leave readers hungry for the end of the story and for dumplings as well!
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Recommended by Chen Wanying, NLB librarian
Source: Text and image from book sleeve; also available at www.amazon.com.
