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Jean Fritz's Homesick: My Own Story follows the author's experiences as the ten-year-old Jean Guttery, from her childhood in Hankow, China, to her arrival two years later in the place that her parents always referred to as “Washington, P.A.” Although largely episodic, each of the book's seven chapters explores an.!

Jean Fritz shares her life as a child growing up in the middle of China during the mid-twenties.

  • Homesick is author Jean Fritz's story of her childhood growing up in China in a town called Hankow.
  • Jean Fritz's Homesick: My Own Story follows the author's experiences as the ten-year-old Jean Guttery, from her childhood in Hankow, China, to her arrival two years later in the place that her parents always referred to as “Washington, P.A.” Although largely episodic, each of the book's seven chapters explores an.
  • This fictionalized autobiography tells the heartwarming story of a little girl growing up in an unfamiliar place.
  • Jean harbors mixed feelings about China.

    • Activities and resources to teach Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz.

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    Homesick: My Own Story

    by Jean Fritz



    Jean Fritz wrote a compelling story about her youth in the China of the mid 1920's, a period of great turmoil.

    Jean's own family suffers the loss of her younger sister, as well as other hardships. Eventually, the family resettles in the United States, a country that Jean has only heard about.

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    • China Homecoming
      Jean Fritz returned to China as adult and wrote a book about her experiences.

      It is called China Homecoming . Encourage your students to read and compare Jean's perceptions of the same person at different times in her life. Ask them to think of how the perceptions they had in their memoirs (see below) may change when they are older.

    • Chinese Calendar
      Your students can use the