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Adeline's first school prize
Adeline won a prize in her kindergarten class. She was very proud and so was her father. -
Father Leaves the Family
When the Japenese started asking for Adeline's father, he left one day and never returned. -
Niang and her Son leave
Suddenly, Niand and her son left the family, they probably followed father. -
Nai Nai Dies
Suddenly, Nai Nai, Adeline's grandmother, died with no explanation. -
Adeline Moves in with her Stepmom
Six weeks after their grandmother's death, Adeline, two of her brothers, and her sister went to live in the house that their stepmom, father, and half-brother had lived in for a few months. -
More family arrives
Aunt Baba, Ye Ye, third brother, little sister move in with everyone else. -
Big Sister's Betrayel
After planning a way to get rid of Niang, Big Sister decided to betray her siblings and work with Niang. -
Adeline is a Champion
Adeline won every award in her class exept for art. She finally felt like she was worth something. -
PLT
Adeline received a pet such and named it pretty little treausure, or PLT. This duck became her closest friend -
PLT's Death
The family wanted to test the dog's obedience, so they placed PLT in front of it. The dog bit the duck, and PLT died. -
Big Sister's Wedding
Niang arranged a marriage between big Sister and a man twice her age. Adeline prided herself she wouldn't let this happen to her. -
Adeline Gets a Birthday
On the plane, Adeline had to fill out papers for Adeline when he realized he didn't know her birthday. Since she didn't know it either, he gave her his birthday. -
Qu Chum-mei's Party
Adeline was invited to her best friend's birthday party. Even though it was against Niang's rules, she went. When Niang's found out, she was punished. -
Class President
Adeline was elected class president democratically by her fellow peers. She felt like she was really worth something. -
Adeline's Reveal
Adeline's friends from school came to her house to congratulate her. Niang's got angry and slapped Adeline until her nose bled. Finally, Adeline's friends knew the truth. -
Adeline goes to School
Niang's and Father dropped Adeline off at her old school, St. Joseph's. This became her new home. -
War
Adeline found out abut the war in Tianjin and how they are about to loose it to the communists. -
Nancy Chen Leaves
Nancy Chen, Adeline's only friend at her new school left with her mother. -
Only Student
Around this time, everyone, besides the nuns, had left. Adeline was very lonely -
Adeline's Aunt Comes
Adeline's Aunt Reine Schilling comes and takes her out of her school to go to Hong Kong. -
Adeline returns home
Adeline's aunt brings her back to her family in Hong Kong. -
Aunt Reine Leaves
Aunt Reine and her two children leave to go back to their home. -
Adeline goes to boarding school
Adeline's stepmother takes her to a boarding school right after Aunt Reine leaves. -
An egg
One of Adeline's peers felt sorry for her, so she anonymously left her an egg for breakfast. -
Pneumonia
After everyone in the boarding school left for summer holiday, Adeline caught pneumonia. -
The Contest
During the summer holidays, Adeline had lots of time on her hands. She entered a writing competition for any student in the world that spoke English. -
Ye Ye's Funeral
One day, a chauffeur came and picked up Adeline. Ye Ye had died. -
Winner
Adeline found out that she won the writing competition that she entered! -
College
After her father found out about the competition, he told Adeline she could go to England to study to be a doctor. -
A Letter from Aunt Baba
After four years, Adeline relieved a letter from her aunt. In the letter, Aunt Baba told Adeline how proud she was of her. She also included the original story of a Chinese Cinderella.