Pandas on the Eastside - Paperback

by Gabrielle Prendergast (Author)

When ten-year-old Journey Song hears that two pandas are being held in a warehouse in her neighborhood, she worries that they may be hungry, cold and lonely. Horrified to learn that the pandas, originally destined for a zoo in Washington, might be shipped back to China because of a diplomatic spat between China and the United States, Journey rallies her friends and neighbors on the poverty-stricken Eastside. Her infectious enthusiasm for all things panda is hard to resist, and soon she's getting assistance from every corner of her tight-knit neighborhood.

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Vancouver, Downtown Eastside, poverty, the 1970s, alcoholism, homelessness, Vietnam War, diplomatic relations, China, pandas, friendship, community, learning disabilities, politics, neighborhood, neighbors