"Four short stories set in a hutong, or residential alleyway, of Beijing, China. Yu Er, her grandfather, and their eccentric neighbors experience the magic of everyday life"--Provided by publisher.

After her parents are arrested by Chinese soldiers because of their religious beliefs, twelve-year-old Tash and her best friend Sam travel from their home in Tibet across the Himalayas to India in order to seek the help of the Dalai Lama.

In graphic novel format, a young girl describes her experiences growing up in China, beginning with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976.

Starting in 1972 when she is nine years old, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists' Cultural Revolution, which empties stores of food, homes of appliances deemed "bourgeois," and people of laughter.

A shocking discovery about their parents shatters everything Amy and Dan think they know, causing them to be divided. When Dan vanishes in a country of a billion plus people, Amy must choose between finding the next clue or finding her little brother. As the race to find the 39 Clues builds to its explosive finish, Amy and Dan's enemies are closing in. Soon, the brother and sister are separated. Together, they almost have a chance, but alone . ....

When their home is robbed, thirteen-year-old Phoenix Collins, an up and coming amateur dirt-bike racer, discovers a shocking mystery about his grandfather, and Phoenix must travel to China and then to Texas to find some answers.