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The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim
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The Crystal Ribbon

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Narrator Nancy Wu
Length 7 hours 55 minutes
Language English
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Wonder, mysticism, heartache, and joy are the stones that set the path to one girl's journey as her destiny unfolds.

In the village of Huanan, in medieval China, the deity that rules is the Great Huli Jing. Though twelve-year-old Li Jing's name is a different character entirely from the Huli Jing, the sound is close enough to provide constant teasing-but maybe is also a source of greater destiny and power. Jing's life isn't easy. Her father is a poor tea farmer, and her family has come to the conclusion that in order for everyone to survive, Jing must be sacrificed for the common good. She is sold as a bride to the Koh family, where she will be the wife and nursemaid to their three-year-old son, Ju'nan. It's not fair, and Jing feels this bitterly, especially when she is treated poorly by the Koh's, and sold yet again into a worse situation that leads Jing to believe her only option is to run away, and find home again. With the help of a spider who weaves Jing a means to escape, and a nightingale who helps her find her way, Jing embarks on a quest back to Huanan--and to herself.

Celeste Lim was born and raised in Malaysia, where she spent the early years of her life envious of the children she read about in English storybooks. Something special happened when she learned to draw from the golden threads of her own heritage, weaving The Crystal Ribbon, a story that was inspired by her great-grandmother and a culture that she once ignored. A graduate of the MFA in Writing for Children program at The New School, Celeste lives in Queens, New York, with her Pomeranian, Hamlet. The Crystal Ribbon is her first novel.

Nancy Wu is an experienced voice actor who has narrated audiobooks for almost 10 years. She is also a New York theater, TV and film actor, whose versatility and experience has allowed her to record from studios all over the world; from Italy, to Switzerland, to Bangkok, Thailand. Narrating all genres including children & young adult, romance, history, business and fiction, her titles include the Laura Caldwell Izzy McNeil series, James Patterson's Maximum-Ride series, & Mary Janice Davidson’s Undead vampire series. Nancy also works in animation and is a principal character on the Nickelodeon cartoon“3 Delivery.” Theater Credits: Warren Leight's “No Foreigners Beyond This Point," Baltimore Centerstage, Lincoln Center, "24 Hour Plays," Ensemble Studio Theatre, 3Graces. Film & TV: “Law & Order,” “L&O Criminal Intent,” “Hope & Faith,” “All My Children,” and “Made For Eachother.” She’s an originating member of “theAtrainplays” and appears in the Oscar-nominated film “Frozen River.”

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