The Phoenix Pencil Company: a novel
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"Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self-proclaimed recluse, she's always struggled to make friends and, as a college freshman, findsherself escaping into a digital world, counting the days until she can return home to her beloved grandparents. They are now in their nineties, and Monica worries about them constantly--especially her grandmother, Yun, who survived two wars in China before coming to the States, and whose memory has begun to fade. Though Yun rarely speaks of her past, Monica is determined to find the long-lost cousin she was separated from years ago. One day, the very program Monica is helping to build connects her to a young woman, whose gift of a single pencil holds a surprising clue. Monica's discovery of a hidden family history is exquisitely braided with Yun's own memories as she writes of her years in Shanghai, working at the Phoenix Pencil Company. As WWII rages outside their door, Yun and her cousin, Meng, learn of a special power the women in their family possess: the ability to reforge a pencil's words. But when the government uncovers their secret, they are forced into a life of espionage, betraying other people's stories to survive"--
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King, A. (2025). The Phoenix Pencil Company: a novel. First William Morrow Large Print edition. William Morrow Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)King, Allison. 2025. The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel. William Morrow Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)King, Allison, The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel. William Morrow Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)King, Allison. The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel. First William Morrow Large Print edition. William Morrow Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025.
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