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Sixteen-year-old
Baoliu is devastated when his mother dies and his father takes a
new wife who wears his mother's jewelry. Baoliu is the second son,
and he becomes less and less important in the household. Then one
night, his step-mother is murdered, and the jewelry stolen. Everyone
is sure that Baoliu is the murderer and thief. This fast-paced mystery
is set in China in the twelfth century.
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